{"id":905384,"date":"2026-02-24T16:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=905384"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:10:54","slug":"statute-of-repose-key-exceptions-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/statute-of-repose-key-exceptions-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Whether Key Exceptions Could Erode the 12-Year Construction Statute of Repose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Christian Higgins | <a href=\"https:\/\/marshalldennehey.com\/articles\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-decide-whether-key-exceptions-could-erode-12-year-construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Marshall Dennehey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has accepted review in two matters that could materially affect the scope and predictability of Pennsylvania\u2019s 12-year construction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/tag\/construction-statute-of-repose\/\">statute of repose<\/a>, potentially expanding exposure for design professionals, contractors and others involved in improvements to real property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>Aloia<\/em>, the court is poised to address whether the statute\u2019s protection for those \u201clawfully performing or furnishing\u201d construction-related services turns on general legal authorization to perform the work (e.g., permits\/approvals) or whether alleged building code violations can remove a project from the statute\u2019s protection and permit otherwise time-barred claims to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>Clearfield County<\/em>, the court is expected to consider whether the common law doctrine of&nbsp;<em>nullum tempus<\/em>&nbsp;(\u201ctime does not run against the king\u201d) allows counties or other political subdivisions to pursue claims notwithstanding the construction statute of repose, a ruling that could create a public-entity exception to repose protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these cases are significant because they test the durability of the statute of repose as a firm, predictable cutoff for construction-related liability. Depending on how the court rules, long-settled expectations regarding finality and risk allocation may be altered, potentially expanding exposure for design professionals and contractors\u2014particularly where code compliance is challenged, or public entities assert claims long after project completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Higgins | Marshall Dennehey The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has accepted review in two matters that could materially affect the scope and predictability of Pennsylvania\u2019s 12-year construction statute of repose, potentially expanding exposure for design professionals, contractors and others involved in improvements to real property. In&nbsp;Aloia, the court is poised to address whether the statute\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/statute-of-repose-key-exceptions-pennsylvania\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Whether Key Exceptions Could Erode the 12-Year Construction Statute of Repose<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10707],"tags":[9895,22,7754,268],"class_list":["post-905384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statute-of-repose","tag-advise-consult","tag-insurance","tag-pennsylvania","tag-statute-of-repose","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Whether Key Exceptions Could Erode the 12-Year Construction Statute of Repose - Advise &amp; 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