Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Justice PLEICONES:
We granted certiorari to consider when a “cause of action shall have arisen ... within this State” under the Door Closing Statute, S.C.Code Ann. § 15-5-150 (1976), where the cause of action is a tort suit premised on a latent disease claim. The circuit court held this suit barred by the statute, and a panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed. The ease was then reheard en banc, and by a vote of 7 to 2, 1 the Court of Appeals held the Door Closing Statute did not apply. Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 346 S.C. 37, 550 S.E.2d 589 (Ct.App.2001). We granted certiorari and…
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