Lowell v. Singer Co.

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The Lowells bring this appeal from the final summary judgment entered in favor of defendant/appellee The Singer Company based upon the 12-year statute of repose, section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes (1983), which provided:

Actions for products liability and fraud under s. 95.11(3) must be begun within the period prescribed in this chapter, with the period running from the time the facts giving rise to the cause of action were discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of due diligence, instead of running from any date prescribed elsewhere in s. 95.11(3), but in…