Castorena v. General Electric

BURDICK, Justice.

This action, consolidated on appeal, arises out of grants of summary judgment in favor of defendant-respondent corporations (General Electric, et al.; A.W. Chesterton Co., et al.; and FMC Corp., et al.) (collectively, “Respondents”) on the grounds that the plaintiffs-appellants’ (Mildred Castoreña, et al.; Willis E. Norton, Sr.; and John D. Adamson, et al.) (collectively, “Appellants”) wrongful death claims were barred by the condition precedent to Idaho’s wrongful death statute, because the statute of limitations for the decedents’ actions had run prior to their deaths. On…