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Products Liability – Apartment Sprinkler Heads – Statute Of Repose

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 24, 2009

In a case of apparent first impression, a Prince William Circuit Court says that apartment complex sprinkler heads are “ordinary building materials” under Virginia’s statute of repose, and a lawsuit after an apartment fire is barred.
Royal Indemnity Co. v. SimplexGrinnell LP (Prince William County Cir.Ct.) (VLW 009-8-038) (8 pp.)


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