Legal Opinion
Fritchie v. Alumax Inc.
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided July 12, 1996No. 4:CV94-3220, 4:CV94-3219PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KOPF, District Judge.
These diversity cases (which have been consolidated for trial) present a number of questions of apparent first impression under Nebraska law 1 regarding the statute of limitations 2 in a product liability action involving the sale, leasing and resale of a scaffold 3 and the implications which flow from the production of replacement parts for the scaffold.
A bench trial on the statute of limitations questions has now concluded. Deciding that the statute of limitations bars recovery, pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure I now set…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,905 Shirley Black v. Henry Pratt Company and Amsted IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Witherspoon v. Sides Const. Co., Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1985
- Murphy v. Spelts-Schultz Lumber Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1992
- Merrick v. ThomasNebraska Supreme Court · 1994
- Broekemeier Ford, Inc. v. ClatanoffNebraska Supreme Court · 1992
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- Stuart ex rel. Craven v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Stuart v. American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998