prod.liab.rep.(cch)p. 13,885 Sarah Ashby Sawtell v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Sarah Ashby Sawtell appeals from a summary judgment for the defendant E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”). Her complaint in this diversity action alleged claims in products liability. The corpus of her claims was that DuPont manufactured polymers inappropriately used in temporo-mandibular joint prostheses causing a foreign body reaction. The foreign body reaction resulted in bone degeneration, extreme pain, and five operations for Ms. Sawtell.

The district court granted DuPont’s summary judgment motion and dismissed the action as time barred by the New Mexico…