Ostrander Ex Rel. Ostrander v. Cone Mills, Inc.

KEITH, Justice.

I

A certification order from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Third Division presents us with the following question:

May parents delay a suit for medical expenses, services, loss of society, lost wages, and other out-of-pocket expenses resulting from their child’s personal injuries until 1 year after the child’s 18th birthday under Minn.Stat. § 541.15?

On May 28, 1979, Dano Lane Ostrander, then 19 months old, was severely injured when his pajamas caught fire. On March 20, 1987, both Dano and his parents, Ronald and Mary Ostrander, commenced this…