Hershel Robinson v. Mine Safety Appliances Company

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Hershel Robinson, a former sandblaster, claimed various defendants were responsible for damage to his lungs. The district court 2 concluded that Robinson’s suit was time-barred under Arkansas’s three-year statute of limitations for product-liability suits. We affirm.

Robinson worked as a sandblaster for decades, spraying surfaces with sand to scour them before painting. This sand sometimes breaks down into silica dust, which, if inhaled, can cause the incurable lung disease silicosis. Robinson does not claim that he was otherwise exposed to silica dust, which is the…