Legal Opinion
Klein v. DePuy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 2007No. 07-1493PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
In this products liability/personal injury suit, the defendants, DePuy Orthopaedics, ine., DePuy, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson, 1 contend that North Carolina law applies and that the case must be dismissed under its six-year statute of repose. The plaintiffs, Mitch Klein and Annie Rice (her derivative claim is only for loss of consortium so we’ll refer only to “Klein” as we move through our opinion), maintain that Indiana law applies and that the suit is timely under its more generous ten-year statute of repose. Alternatively, Klein contends that, if he is stuck with North…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Black v. LittlejohnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
- Hubbard Manufacturing Co. v. GreesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
- Simon v. United StatesIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
- Wilder v. Amatex Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
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