Lovell v. Acrea

In this action for personal injuries, plaintiff, John Lovell, argues that his claim sounds in trespass and that therefore the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for the defendants, Charles Acrea and Jack Watson. Lovell filed suit three years after the acts allegedly causing his injury, so unless he can avail himself of the six-year statute of limitations for trespass, the action was barred.

Lovell was employed by Vulcan Metal Products Company as a dispatcher in the shipping department. In June of 1980, while loading some patio covers onto a truck, Lovell ruptured a disk in his…