STATUTE OF REPOSE
statute of repose. A statute barring any suit that is brought after a specified time since the defendant acted (such as by designing or manufacturing a product), even if this period ends before the plaintiff has suffered a resulting injury. Cf. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. [Cases: Limitation of Actions1. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions ¡ì¡ì 2¨C4.]
¡°A statute of repose … limits the time within which an action may be brought and is not related to the accrual of any cause of action; the injury need not have occurred, much less have been discovered. Unlike an ordinary statute of limitations which begins running upon accrual of the claim, the period contained in a statute of repose begins when a specific event occurs, regardless of whether a cause of action has accrued or whether any injury has resulted.¡± 54 C.J.S. Limitations of Actions ¡ì 4, at 20¨C21 (1987).
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