Legal Opinion
Cleremont L. Covalt and Ahnighita M. Covalt v. Carey Canada Inc. And Union Carbide Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 7, 1988No. 88-1828PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Indiana’s statute of repose provides that any “product liability action” based on theories of negligence or strict liability “must be commenced within two (2) years after the cause of action accrues or within ten (10) years after the delivery of the product to the initial user or consumer”, unless the claim accrues between eight and ten years after delivery, in which case the victim has two years to file suit. Ind.Code § 33-1-1.5-5. The ten-year period is an outside limit, Dague v. Piper Aircraft Corp., 275 Ind. 520, 524-26, 418 N.E.2d 207, 210-11 (1981), so the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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- Specht v. JensenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by66 opinions
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