CRAWFORD v. MARTIN MARIETTA CORP.

No. 79-1801.

622 F.2d 339 (1980)

Thomas David CRAWFORD and Kirk Evan Crawford, by Shirley Sutter, their next friend, Appellants, v. MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION and Patrick Harrison, Inc., a Florida corporation; and Patrick Harrison, E. P. Dunaway, Nat G. Harrison, Jr., and R. H. Jackson, Trustees for Patrick Harrison, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Blair, Batesville, Ark., for appellants.

Donald H. Bacon, Little Rock, Ark., argued, Boyce R. Love, Little Rock, Ark., on brief, for appellees.

Before STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, KUNZIG, Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

In this diversity case, plaintiffs-appellants seek damages for the alleged wrongful death of their father, who was killed in a construction accident in 1963. The suit was originally filed 15 years after the accident, and the district court1 granted summary judgment for defendants on the ground that Arkansas' three-year statute of limitations for wrongful death actions barred the claim. This appeal followed. We affirm.

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