Nailen v. Ford Motor Co.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, William Nailen, III, appeals a judgment dismissing as time-barred his wrongful death action predicated on negligence and strict liability against Ford Motor Company. On appeal, Nailen argues that the district court erroneously applied the Alabama wrongful death statute, and its corresponding statute of limitations, to this diversity action. We affirm.

I

In October 1985, plaintiffs mother, Nancy Brock, was killed in an automobile accident in Mississippi while she and four other persons were driving from Birmingham, Alabama to Houston, Texas in a Ford…