New Jersey's statute of repose has led an appeals court to throw out a nearly $1.8 million verdict against Foster Wheeler in a wrongful death suit stemming from an asbestos-clad boiler it installed at Exxon's Bayway refinery.
The statute, like those in almost every other state, sets a time limit — usually 10 years, as in New Jersey — on suits against parties that design, plan or build improvements to real property.
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