Reiterman v. Westinghouse, Inc

Defendant General Electric Company (G.E.) filed a hybrid motion for summary/ accelerated judgment asserting that plaintiff had failed to commence an action against it within the three-year statutory limitation for wrongful death actions. The trial court denied the motion, and G.E. was granted leave to appeal. On June 20, 1980, this panel affirmed the trial court’s ruling in an unpublished per curiam opinion, Docket No. 45897. The cause is again before us by way of our August 26, 1980, order granting G.E.’s petition for rehearing.

On June 22, 1975, plaintiff’s decedent received an electrical…