Hafer v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

Before us, on a motion for summary judgment, is the question whether this products liability action is barred by the application of Pennsylvania’s “borrowing statute.” The action was occasioned by the sudden blowout of a Firestone radial tire in Quebec, Canada, resulting in injury to the plaintiff, Raymond Hafer, who was driving the car on which the tire was mounted. The accident occurred on July 30, 1977. Suit was filed on July 2, 1979, within all potentially applicable Pennsylvania statutes of limitations for such a claim, but beyond the…