Mitchell v. United Elevator Co., Inc.

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• holding that the statute of repose is “a non-waivable statute”
• explaining that where a litigant fails to raise an issue on direct appeal, the doctrine of waiver precludes a collateral attack, even regarding errors of constitutional dimension
• \that the basic design of the elevator may be identical in different buildings does not render the elevator any less an improvement to real estate\
• “that the basic design of the elevator may be identical in different buildings does not render the elevator any less an improvement to real estate”
• elevator manufacturer “built and installed the elevator in this case while the apartment building was under construction in 1950,” - 10 - and statute of repose began to run for that Defendant at that time
• elevator manufacturer immunized from liability by virtue of Sec. 5536

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