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071824P.pdf   04/07/2008  Integrity Floorcovering  v.  Broan-Nutone
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1824
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - torts. In actions claiming ventilation fans manufactured by
   defendant malfunctioned and damaged an apartment building and a
   commercial warehouse, the district court did not err in determining that
   the claims were barred by Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.051, subd.1(a), which
   provides a ten-year statute of repose for actions arising out of defective
   and unsafe conditions of an improvement to real property; because the
   fans were required by Minnesota building code provisions, they were
   building material and did not qualify for the exception in the statute for
   equipment or machinery.