Bolick v. American Barmag Corp.

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff filed product liability claims against defendant on 10 October 1979 for injuries sustained on 3 June 1977 when he caught his hand in a machine manufactured and distributed by defendant. Plaintiff alleged defendant had negligently designed and manufactured the machine, which it sold to plaintiffs employer, and that this negligent design and manufacture proximately caused his injuries.

Defendant moved for summary judgment on the basis that G.S. 1-50(6), quoted infra, barred plaintiffs claims, because plaintiff brought them more than six years after 6 April 1971, the…