Hamilton County Board of Education v. Asbestospray Corp.

DROWOTA, Justice.

QUESTIONS CERTIFIED

In this suit brought by the Hamilton County Board of Education (the Board) in federal court to recover the cost of asbestos removal from its school buildings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit certifies the following questions, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, for our determination:(1) Whether the doctrine of nullum tem-pus occurit regi, as codified in Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-1-113, renders the Board immune from the expiration of the three year statutory period of limitation otherwise applicable to this…