Legal Opinion
Carvalho v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1986No. 85-1711PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Moana Carvalho (plaintiff or Carvalho), appeals from the decision of the district court finding her cause of action barred by Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations for tort claims, Hawaii Rev.Stat. § 657-7. We vacate the decision of the district court and remand for a new trial on the statute of limitations issue.
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Plaintiff, acting as administratrix of her husband’s estate, filed this action against defendant-appellee Raybestos-Manhattan (Raybestos) and other producers and distributors of asbestos-related products on July 28, 1980,…
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