Heavner v. Uniroyal, Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hall, J.

This product- liability case presents two important questions concerning the statute of limitations. The first, a choice-of-law question, is whether New Jersey, as the forum state, should apply its limitations statute or that of North Carolina — the state where all the parties are and where the cause of action afose and all preceding incidents occurred. The second' question is whether, in any product liability case in this state in which our limitations law is applicable, the appropriate period is governed by our general statutes of limitations…