Kengel v. Palco

Plaintiffs Frank and Joyce Kengel appeal a May 5, 1978, order granting defendants’ accelerated judgment dismissing their individual derivative claims by operation of the statute of limitations.

Suit originated as the result of money expended (and for future expenses) for the medical care and treatment of plaintiffs’ 9-year-old daughter, who sustained third-degree burns to her leg caused by hot melted sugar which was spilled as she and defendants’ daughter, apparently unsupervised, were baking sugar cookies in defendants’ kitchen. The incident in question occurred on January 14, 1971.

Pursuant…