Legal Opinion
Kambury v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided April 4, 2001No. 981208378; CA A107705PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*374KISTLER, J.
Plaintiff filed this wrongful death action on behalf of his wife’s estate more than two years but less than three years after she died. Because her death was caused by an allegedly defective product, the trial court ruled that the two-year statute of limitations for product liability actions rather than the three-year statute of limitations for wrongful death actions applied. It accordingly granted defendants’ summary judgment motions. We reverse and remand.
Amy Kambury died on December 6, 1995, after the airbag in her car deployed and struck her in the abdomen causing her to suffer…
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