Legal Opinion
Wesley G. Thorn Cheri Thorn v. International Business MacHines Inc., Honeywell, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1996No. 96-1154PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
This products liability action requires us to decide the appropriate statute of limitations governing a repetitive stress injury claim originally filed in New York and transferred to Missouri. For the reasons discussed below, we find that New York’s three-year limitations period applies- and that the claims are time-barred. We therefore affirm the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
Wesley Thorn worked for the State of Missouri for eight years. During that time he typed on various International Business Machines (IBM) computer keyboards. Wesley…
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