Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Seneca Ins. Co.

The present appeal is the second time we have had this case before us. In the first appeal, we reversed the trial court’s grant of summary-judgment in favor of defendant Seneca Insurance Company. On remand, the trial court again granted summary judgment in defendant’s favor, and plaintiff Sears, Roebuck and Company appeals from that order.

Tamara Morgan notified plaintiff in 1982 that she had been injured in 1970 when a defective nightgown which she was wearing caught fire. It was not until June of 1986, however, that she informed plaintiff that the garment, which bore the serial number…