Legal Opinion
Lugo v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 18, 1985No. 83-1795-Civ-HoevelerPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HOEVELER, District Judge.
The motion for summary judgment before the Court presents the question of whether Florida’s statute of repose for products liability actions violates the Florida constitution as applied to the plaintiffs because it effectively denied their right of access to the courts by reducing the time for filing their action to four months.
On June 30, 1982, Oscar Lugo was injured when he fell out of a van manufactured by the defendant Ford Motor Company (“Ford”), in which he had been riding as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Overland Const. Co., Inc. v. SirmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
- Battilla v. Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1980
- Patricia Ann Phelps Bailey v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Bauld v. JA Jones Const. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1978
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lugo v. Ford Motor CoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986