Legal Opinion
Long v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 22, 1995No. Civ. A. 92-2696 PLFPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
At the pre-trial conference held on January 18, 1995, the Court and the parties agreed that the Court would decide three issues in advance of the trial scheduled for March 6, 1995. These issues, on which the parties have submitted memoranda of law, are: choice of law, the applicability of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, and whether the statute of limitations has run on plaintiffs’ breach of warranty claims. The Court addresses these three issues seriatim.
I. CHOICE OF LAW
Plaintiffs Maurice and Catherine Long are Maryland residents. On September 18,1985, Mr.…
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