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WILLIAM H. GORDON v. HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP

Record No. 150279.

784 S.E.2d 265 (2016)

WILLIAM H. GORDON ASSOCIATES, INC. v. HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, a/k/a Heritage Fellowship Church.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Lee, Jr. ( Jonathan C. Shoemaker ; Vienna, Arthur T.K. Norris ; Lee & McShane, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas R. Folk , McLean ( S. Miles Dumville ; Alison R.W. Toepp ; Richmond, Reed Smith , on brief), for appellee Heritage Fellowship, etc.

No brief filed by appellee Whitener & Jackson, Inc.

Amici Curiae: American Council of Engineering Companies of Metropolitan Washington, American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia, American Council of Engineering Companies of Maryland, American Council of Engineering Companies, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Virginia Association of Surveyors, Inc., and Engineers and Surveyors Institute ( Joseph R. Pope ; Williams Mullen , on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: LEMONS, C.J., GOODWYN, MIMS, McCLANAHAN, POWELL and KELSEY, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

In this appeal, we consider when the cause of action for a negligent design claim against an engineer accrues. We also consider whether a construction contract between a contractor and an owner absolves a third-party engineer of liability. Third, we consider the evidence required to establish a breach of the...

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