MET. LIFE INS. v. M.A. MORTENSON CO.

No. C9-95-2060.

545 N.W.2d 394 (1996)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. M.A. MORTENSON COMPANIES, INC., Benson Industries, Inc., PPG Industries, Inc., Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C., CDC, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, Respondents, Gateway Glass Company, Defendant, Carciofini Caulking Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied May 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Magnuson, John M. Bjorkman, John B. Lunseth II, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, P.L.L.P. Minneapolis, MN, for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

James Duffy O'Connor, James F. Killian, Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, P.L.L.P. Minneapolis, MN, for M.A. Mortenson Companies, Inc.

Dale B. Lindman, Mary W. Watson, Victor E. Lund, Mahoney, Dougherty, Mahoney, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Benson Industries, Inc.

Brian N. Johnson, Gary Parish, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd. Minneapolis, MN, for PPG Industries, Inc.

Michael G. Taylor, Dwight A. Larson, Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, for Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C.

C. Todd Koebele, Thomas A. Gilligan, Jr., Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt, P.A., St. Paul, MN, Ronald E. Martell, Moore, Costello & Hart, Minneapolis, MN, for CDC, Inc.

Russell A. Blanck, Larry D. Espel, Greene, Espel, Minneapolis, MN, for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Dan T. Ryerson, John E. Varpness, Gislason, Martin & Varpness, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Carciofini Caulking Co.

Considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and PETERSON and HARTEN, JJ.


OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Respondents moved for and were granted summary judgment on the grounds that Minn.Stat. § 541.051, subd. 1(a), providing a two-year statute of limitations for improvements to real property, precluded appellant's claims. Because both the injury and the breach of contract were discovered more than two years before the action was brought, we affirm.

FACTS

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