Navistar International Co. v. Sullivan

OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review Sullivan v. Navistar International Co., 510 So.2d 998 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), which held that the products liability statute of repose is inapplicable to wrongful death actions, citing the Third District Court of Appeal’s decision in Henley v. J.I. Case Co., 510 So.2d 342 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). The court also certified the same question certified in Henley:

Does the statute of repose bar a wrongful death action where the death occurred more than twelve years after the original purchase of the product which allegedly caused the death?

Sullivan, 510 So.2d at…