Apgar v. Lederle Laboratories

Plaintiff claims that in 1963 and 1964 she ingested certain drugs manufactured and distributed by defendants, and that because those drugs were defective, they produced discoloration in her adult teeth. She started this products-liability action in 1988. After discovery, defendants moved for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2 and -21. Plaintiff relied on our “discovery rule,” arguing that she did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that she had a cause of action against these defendants until some time within two years before she filed her…