Baxley v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Mark P. Painter, Presiding Judge.
{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Charles Baxley, appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing his case against defendant-appellee Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. The trial court held that Baxley’s complaint was barred by the two-year statute of limitations governing products-liability claims. 1 Baxley raises a single assignment of error: he claims that the “discovery rule” applied and that his complaint was therefore timely. But the discovery rule was inapplicable here. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
{¶2} We review a dismissal under Civ.R. 12(b)(6) de…
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