Deborah Fidler v. Eastman Kodak Company

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant Deborah Fidler brought this products liability suit against defendant/appellee Eastman Kodak Company on September 23, 1981 in Massachusetts Superior Court. Appellee subsequently removed the action to federal district court and, in March of 1982, moved for summary judgment on three grounds. After a hearing in September of 1982 limited to the issue of whether the suit was barred by the statute of limitations, the district court on December 17,1982, 555 F.Supp. 87, granted summary judgment for appellee. We affirm.

Because application of Massachusetts’…