Leach v. Philadelphia Saving Fund Society

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• deciding issue under predecessor statute of repose of virtually identical language
• interpreting virtually identical predecessor statute, 12 P.S. § 65.1 et seq.
• without mentioning legislative history, each panel decides statute not restricted to architects, engineers, and contractors
• one who claims the protection of a statute must show that he is within the class of persons protected by it
• \[s]ummary judgment may be entered only in the clearest of cases where there is not the slightest doubt as to the absence of an issue of material fact.... The existence of [an] issue of material fact renders the summary judgment procedure premature and inappropriate\

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