Holifield v. Setco Industries, Inc.

When does the statute of limitations begin to run in a products liability action? In an action for negligent manufacture? In a wrongful death action based on product liability or negligent manufacture? If the statute commences to run when the product was sold, the negligent act involved, the demurrers were properly sustained. If the statute does not commence to run until the accident and resultant injury occur, the demurrers, insofar as they are based on the statute of limitations, would have to be overruled.

Statutes Involved.

The Wisconsin statutes here involved, in pertinent part, provide:

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