Cooper Industries, LLC v. City of South Bend

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A04-0511-CV-637

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The City of South Bend now owns much of the land where Studebaker Corp. once manufactured automobiles. It has sued Cooper Industries, LLC and others for environmental damage done to the site. In this appeal, the questions are whether the applicable statute of limitation bars these claims and whether appellant Cooper Industries is the corporate successor to Studebaker such that it may be liable on these environmental claims.

We hold that the statute of limitation bars the City’s common law…