Legal and Regulatory

Statutes of Repose: What Every Contractor Needs to Know
Given that many states apply a statute of repose to contract actions, it’s only a matter of time before the construction industry enjoys enhanced protection under all states’ statutes of repose.
By Emily Sayre, Jesse Lipcius and Frederic X. Shadley
February 1, 2020
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by Emily Sayre
Emily Sayre focuses her practice on resolving construction disputes and assisting clients in all phases of construction projects. Her broad experience with the litigation process includes pleadings and motion practice, pretrial discovery, and trial preparation. Emily has experience helping clients throughout the industry achieve their goals by representing clients in wide range of construction-related disputes and facilitating complex construction projects. She also assists with catastrophic loss and insurance litigation.
by Jesse Lipcius
Jesse Lipcius is a litigator with more than 15 years of experience resolving disputes in the construction, real estate, employment and financial services environments. He represents a wide variety of clients, ranging from publicly traded companies to developers, specialty contractors and architects/engineers. Licensed in Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois, Jesse serves as lead counsel in every aspect of litigation. He has substantial trial and arbitration experience, and practices in front of state and federal courts across the country. He is consistently recognized for his talent as a litigator, including being named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, The Best Lawyers in America for both Construction Law and Litigation – Construction, and as a Cincy Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine.
by Frederic X. Shadley
Fritz Shadley brings more than 30 years of litigation experience and the knowledge of a degreed engineer to his much-honored practice representing parties in construction, environmental, product liability and toxic tort litigation. Recognized by Chambers USA as one of Ohio’s leading commercial litigators and given Martindale-Hubbell’s® highest ranking (AV Preeminent), Fritz is consistently acknowledged for his excellence in construction and product liability litigation. Fritz has substantial experience in environmental litigation, toxic tort litigation, and the defense and prosecution of personal injury claims, including his work securing the largest known, single victim, personal injury settlement in the history of Kentucky or Ohio for a plaintiff who suffered burns from a spontaneous explosion of pool chemicals.
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