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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

New Products Case

The Court of Appeals released an opinion yesterday in Maino v. The Southern Co. Inc. W2007-00225-COA-R9-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2007). This case deals with the interplay among the savings statute, the statute of limitation (to a small extent), and the ten-year statute of repose for products liability cases.

We accordingly hold that a plaintiff who commences a products liability action within the products liability statute of limitations and ten-year statute of repose, voluntarily non-suits, and refiles within one year of the non-suit, may rely on the savings statute notwithstanding the expiration of the ten-year statute of repose.

Id.
, slip op. at 7.

Here's the link to the case:

P.S. This case is similar to Cronin v. Howe, 906 S.W.2d 910, 914-15 (Tenn. 1995) (holding that the savings statute will allow a timely filed medical negligence action to be re-filed outside the statute of repose).

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