Harry Stephens Farms, Inc. v. Wormald Americas, Inc.

In this environmental-contamination case, plaintiffs Harry Stephens (Stephens) and two affiliated farming businesses appeal the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment, holding that the applicable Arkansas three-year statute of limitations barred their action for damages, originally filed on June 9, 2006. Upon de novo review, see Bannister v. Bemis Co., 556 F.3d 882, 884 (8th Cir.2009), we reverse the grant of summary judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

To begin, we agree with the district court’s application of the Arkansas three-year statute of limitations and…