Darrell G. Hemric v. Reed and Prince Manufacturing Company

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

The District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, holding that plaintiff’s tort action is barred by the Mas*2sachusetts statute of limitations. 575 F.Supp. 254. Plaintiff appeals, arguing that his action is timely. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Darrell G. Hemric, was left a paraplegic by gunshot wounds he suffered while sitting at his desk in the High Point, North Carolina office of the defendant, Reed and Prince Manufacturing Company, a Massachusetts corporation. Hemric was shot on the morning of May 16, 1978, by Jimmie…