Insurer Waited Too Long to Sue Architect, N.Y. Court Rules

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A New York trial court discounted arguments over the role an architect may have played in the design of a disabled worker's therapeutic pool and awarded summary judgment to the architect based on the three-year statute of limitations for professional malpractice claims. Peerless Insurance v. Wallin, et al., No. 02-28802 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cty.).

Peerless Insurance filed a subrogation action against architect Michael Jay Wallin and Pooltech Inc. after a worker's compensation board ordered Peerless to repair water and mold damage to Mitchell Young's home allegedly caused by defective construction and installation of a therapeutic pool …