In New Jersey, in addition to the statute of limitations, litigants need to be conscious of the “statute of repose.” Statute-of-repose issues most often arise in the construction defect setting, where a lawsuit is brought more than 10 years after the construction of the subject building or development.

The statute of repose provides, in relevant part (at N.J.S.A. § 2A:14-1.1.), that: