Kathleen Mack v. A.H. Robins Company, Inc., a Virginia Corporation

This appeal is from an order of the District Court granting summary judgment to defendant, finding plaintiff’s claim for damages allegedly caused by the insertion of a Daikon Shield barred by the Arizona two-year statute of limitations, A.R.S. § 12-542.

We review the District Court’s decision as to the interpretation of the applicable Arizona law de novo, In re McLinn, 739 F.2d 1395, 1397 (9th Cir.1984) (en banc), and affirm.

The well-reasoned opinion of the District Court appears at 573 F.Supp. 149 (1983), and we write briefly in support of the trial court’s decision.

At one point in her…