Gemco-Ware, Inc. v. Rongene Mold & Plastics Corp.

In this products liability case, the question is whether the two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions bars a defendant, timely sued by a plaintiff, from maintaining, after the two years has expired, a third-party action for contribution or indemnification against a potential defendant not already sued by the plaintiff.

On May 1, 1980, Lillian W. Smith was burned when the handle of a teakettle separated from the kettle causing boiling water to spill on her right leg. On April 26, 1982, just before the applicable statute of limitations expired, Smith brought the present damage…