A fresh case in Maryland is testin...

A fresh case in Maryland is testing whether or not the clause is enforceable

For 20 years, the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) owner-architect agreement forms have contained an retired provision stating that an proprietor may bring a suit against an architect barely within the period prescribed in the state statute of limitations -- beginning from the date the contrive is substantially completed.

Normally -- and virtually uniformly -- statutes of limitation begin from the date the plaintiff knows, or should know, that it has a cause of action.

A just discovered case in Maryland is