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To proceed, please click Accept. Pay Attention to Statutes of Repose While there can be many defenses that can be asserted in response to an alleged failure to comply with the applicable statute of limitation, there are typically very few defenses to a failure to comply with the statute of repose. Regional Capabilities. As published in The Recorder. Know the Difference Between Statutes of Limitations and Repose The purpose of a statute of limitation is generally to limit the time period during which a plaintiff can file a lawsuit after suffering harm.
Determine Whether a Statute of Repose Applies Many states, including California, have enacted limited statutes of repose for certain types of claims, such as construction defect or products liability claims. Share Linkedin Twitter Email Print. Disclaimer Unsolicited emails and other information sent to Dentons will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others, may not receive a response, and do not create a lawyer-client relationship.
Cancel Accept. The statute of limitations governs the time within which a lawsuit may be filed after the cause of action accrues.
The limitations period varies by state, ranging from one to six years. Most states recognize the discovery rule, which can toll accrual of a claim and often requires a fact-intensive inquiry. Only five states do not recognize the discovery rule.
Statutes of repose generally are not subject to a discovery rule. That means that a claim could potentially be barred by a repose period before a plaintiff suffers injury or becomes aware of an alleged product defect or breach of duty. Statute of Limitations: 2 years. Alabama does not recognize the discovery rule. Ethicon, Inc. Unocal Corp. Statute of Repose: None. The Supreme Court held that a year statute of repose was unconstitutional in Lankford v.
Sullivan , So. Alaska Stat. Pfizer, Inc. Foree Tire Co. The plaintiff must know that the product was somehow causally connected to his injuries.
Murrell v. Wyeth, Inc. May 3, The Supreme Court held that the statute of repose was unconstitutional in Hazine v. Montgomery Elevator Co. Statute of Limitations: 3 Years. Code Ann. Arkansas applies the discovery rule, such that a claim does not accrue until the plaintiff becomes aware—or, by reasonable diligence, should have become aware—of his condition, including the injury and its probable causal connection to the product.
Uhiren v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Statute of Repose : None. See Brown v. Overhead Door Corp. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
AstraZeneca Pharm. LP , F. May 6, noting that, in pelvic mesh cases, the statute of limitations begins on the date of a second corrective procedure occurring shortly after the initial mesh procedure. See McCann v. Statute of Repose: There is a presumption of non-defectiveness 10 years after the product is first sold for use or consumption. Statute of Limitations: 3 years. Delaware applies the discovery rule, thereby tolling the statute of limitations until the plaintiff discovers, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, her injury.
Burrell v. Astrazeneca LP , No. Washington, D. Kubicki v. Medtronic, Inc. Statute of Limitations: 4 years. See Bell v. Fleet Holding Co. Seitzingers, Inc.
See Yamaguchi v. Colonial Penn Ins. Idaho does not recognize the discovery rule; rather, the statute dictates that an action accrues when the act or omission complained of occurs. See Cosgrove v.
Merrell Dow Pharm. Trout Jones Gledhill Fuhrman, P. Coloplast Corp. Statute of Repose: A cause of action must be commenced within the shorter of 10 years from the date of first sale, delivery, or lease to the initial consumer, or other non-seller; or 12 years from the date of any first sale, lease, or delivery of possession by a seller. Section d imposes an 8-year bar to strict liability personal injury actions, running from the date of injury. See Wehling v. Osmose Wood Preserving Co.
Statute of Repose: A cause of action must be commenced within 2 years of accrual or within 10 years after the delivery of the product. If the cause of action accrues at least 8 years but less than 10 years after delivery, the action may be commenced at any time within 2 years after accrual.
Stryker Corp. Iowa Nov. Five Star Quality Care, Inc. GMC , N. City of Lawrence , Kan. Statute of Limitations: 1 year. Kentucky applies the discovery rule, delaying accrual until the plaintiff discovers, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered, both that he has been injured and that his injury may have been caused by the defendant.
Louisville Tr. Johns-Manville Prod. Statute of Repose: There is a rebuttable presumption that a product was not defective if injury occurs more than 5 years after the sale date or more than 8 years after manufacture.
Louisiana applies the doctrine of contra non valentem , otherwise known as the discovery rule. See In re Taxotere Docetaxel Prod.
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