Elizabeth Watkins v. Barber-Colman Company, Inc.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this Georgia diversity products liability action, we sustain the summary judgment for defendant as to the strict liability and breach of warranty counts under the substantive law of Georgia, but reverse the district court’s determination that the negligence count is barred by the statute of limitations.

The following facts are undisputed. On February 28, 1978, plaintiff injured her right hand and arm while working at a machine called a Barber-Colman Warper, used in the processing of cotton. The machine had been manufactured, sold and delivered by defendant to…