REGENTS OF UNIV. OF CALIF. v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM.

Docket No. S.F. 23522.

21 Cal.3d 624 (1978)

581 P.2d 197

147 Cal. Rptr. 486

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Donald L. Reidhaar, George L. Marchand and Patrick K. Moore for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ottenweller & Pisias, Ottenweller & Seymour and Thomas G. Ottenweller for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiff, owner of a married student apartment project, seeks damages because of latent construction defects from the architect who designed the project, the general contractor, and the surety on the contractor's performance bond. The trial court rendered a summary judgment in favor of the surety based on the 10-year limitation of Code of Civil Procedure section 337.15. We hold, however, that a construction surety...

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