Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,068 Thomas Athmer v. C.E.I. Equipment Company Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1997No. 97-1209PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Thomas Athmer, the plaintiff in a diversity suit for products liability, appeals from the dismissal of his suit on the basis of the two-year Illinois’ statute of limitations that is applicable to such suits. 735 ILCS 5/13-202, 5/13—213(b); Golla v. General Motors Corp., 167 Ill.2d 353, 212 Ill.Dec. 549, 657 N.E.2d 894, 897 (1995). It had been filed originally in an Illinois state court on April 23, 1996, five days before the statute of limitations expired. It had named as the defendant “C.E.I. Pacer,” alleged to be the manufacturer of a delivery truck owned by the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Golla v. General Motors Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1995
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