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ARROWOOD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 74-2148.

539 F.2d 1321 (1976)

Helen Trout ARROWOOD, Executrix of the Estate of James Broadus Arrowood, Deceased, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (Helms, Mullis & Johnston, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

J. Nat Hamrick, Rutherfordton, N. C. (Hamrick & Hamrick, Rutherfordton, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, Senior District Judge.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is the proper construction of the North Carolina statute of limitations as applied to a wrongful death action arising out of an alleged defective product. It is undisputed that until 1971, when N.C.G.S. § 1-15(b), was enacted, the appropriate statute of limitations for an action for personal injuries arising out of a defect in a product began to run from the date of the sale and delivery of such product...

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