Zapata v. Burns

Decided 1988-05-17

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Hull, J. These consolidated cases arise out of the collapse, on June 28,1983, of a suspended span of the Mianus River Bridge on the Connecticut Turnpike (1-95) in Greenwich. The dispositive issue is the constitutionality, under both the state and federal constitutions, of General Statutes § 52-584a which bars actions against architects and engineers seven years after substantial completion of a project, irrespective of whether a…

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