Penley v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

OPINION

ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the ten-year statute of repose codified in the Tennessee Products Liability Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-28-103(a) (1980 <& Supp.1999), is tolled during any period of a plaintiffs mental incompetence. Granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the Chester County Circuit Court ruled that (1) the plaintiffs action was brought more than ten years from the product’s first purchase for use or consumption; and (2) the ten-year statute of repose was not tolled by reason of mental…