Franzen v. Deere and Co.

WOLLE, Justice.

This appeal involves application of the “discovery rule” to a statute of limitations issue in a products liability case. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ action on the ground that defendant’s statute of limitations defense was established as a matter of law. We reverse and remand.

The principal question presented is whether it can be said as a matter of law that plaintiffs’ action accrued more than two years before it was brought.

Plaintiffs commenced their action for damages on March 10, 1982. Their petition alleged that defendant had designed…