Legal Opinion
National Property Investors v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided December 9, 1996No. 5:95-cv-01035PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
TERRENCE WILLIAM BOYLE, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the grounds that Plaintiffs cause of action is barred by North Carolina’s six-year products liability statute of repose, N.C.Gen.Stat. § 1-50(6) (1995). The parties do not contest the fact that North Carolina substantive law controls in this case. For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ motion is GRANTED.
Background
Plaintiff is a California limited partnership which owns a 212 unit apartment complex, called Huntington Apartments, in Morris-ville, North Carolina.…
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