Sharp v. Richardson

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the Tennessee savings statute 1 applies to save an action which was initially filed within the one-year products liability statute of limitations and the products liability statute of repose 2 , but which was voluntarily dismissed and refiled beyond the six-year statute of repose. We hold that it does. The Court of Appeals’ judgment is reversed and the cause remanded to the trial court.

BACKGROUND

For purposes of this appeal, the facts are not disputed. On May 24,1984, plaintiff Ray Sharp sustained multiple injuries in an…