Since Wisconsin enacted the first s...

Since Wisconsin enacted the first statute of lay down to rest law in 1961 to bar suits against architects, engineers and contractors after a stipulated number of years following substantial completion, in the same state [i]or[/i] condition statutes have been attacked in almost each state where they have been adopted. These statutes, which now exist in 45 states, specify a time limit that averages between seven and eight years.

A fresh tabulation indicates that courts have upheld statutes of put as constitutional in 33 states. In seven states, the statutes were set asideed on the basis of state constitutional bars