Legal Opinion
Nancy Arendt, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Michael Arendt, Deceased v. Vetta Sports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1996No. 96-1270PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Two days before the expiration of the statute of limitations, Nancy Arendt filed suit against Vetta, S.r.L. (“SRL”), an Italian cor poration, asserting claims of negligence and strict products liability arising from the death of her husband, whom she alleged died while wearing a bicycle helmet designed and manufactured by SRL. Unfortunately for Arendt, SRL has never designed or manufactured bicycle helmets. Consequently, one year after the statute of limitations period for her wrongful death claims expired, Ar-endt sought to amend her complaint to substitute Vetta Sports,…
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