Legal Opinion
Lapka v. Porter Hayden Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 24, 2000PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
VERNIERO, J.
Plaintiffs Kazimierz Lapka and his wife, Emilia Lapka, commenced this action by filing a complaint in the Law Division on March 24, 1988. (In this opinion, the singular plaintiff refers to Kazimierz Lapka.) The complaint alleges injury caused by occupational exposure to asbestos.
We are called on to determine whether the action is barred by the two-year statute of limitations found at N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2. That determination requires us to consider the applicability of the “discovery rule,” an equitable principle that delays accrual of a cause…
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