Louise Cadieux, Administratrix v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a diversity case from the district court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action as time barred. We affirm.

Plaintiff-appellant sues as administratrix of her husband’s estate. The decedent was an electronics technician who worked on equipment manufactured by the defendants. As a result, he was allegedly exposed to microwave and X-ray radiation. At the age of 31, the decedent developed pancreatic cancer and died on October 4, 1974, shortly after the disease was first diagnosed. In late 1975, one of decedent’s co-workers also developed terminal cancer at…