Estate of Montag Ex Rel. Montag v. T H Agriculture & Nutrition Co.

LARSON, Justice.

Kenneth Montag contracted liposarcoma, or soft tissue cancer, allegedly caused by his exposure to a toxic chemical during his employment in the early 1960s. In 1991 Mon-tag filed suit against the parties he claimed were responsible for his exposure. He died later in 1991, and his estate was substituted as plaintiff. The defendants moved for summary judgment on the ground that the suit was time-barred by the two-year limitation of Iowa Code section 614.1(2) (1991). The district court granted this motion. We affirm.

In 1962, 1963, and 1964, Montag was employed by a company…