American Family Insurance v. Village Pontiac-GMC, Inc.

Plaintiffs, American Family Insurance Company (American), Farmers Insurance Company (Farmers), and William and Nancy Gill, appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing the strict product liability counts from their complaint against defendants, Village Pontiac-GMC, Inc., and General Motors Corporation. On appeal, plaintiffs contend that the trial court improperly dismissed the counts as being filed outside the applicable statute of limitations. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On November 9, 1981, a fire began in an…