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W. J. RAPP CO. v. WHITLOCK EQUIPMENT CORP.

Record No. 781813.

279 S.E.2d 133 (1981)

W. J. RAPP CO., INC. v. WHITLOCK EQUIPMENT CORP., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Kenneth Day, Virginia Beach (Robert L. Simpson, Jr., Day, Summs, Epps & Simpson, P. C., Virginia Beach, on briefs), for appellant.

Roy M. Terry, Jr., Philip S. Marstiller, Richmond (Rosewell Page, III, Evan A. Burkholder, Ralph L. Axselle, Jr., John E. Coffey, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Wells, Morano, Axselle & Johnson, Thomas & Sewell, P. C., Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

In this case we decide the applicable statute of limitations in a products liability warranty action between a plaintiff-consumer and the defendants-retailer-manufacturers. Specifically the issue is whether the trial court correctly ruled that Virginia Code § 8-131, which provided a three-year limitation, is applicable, rather than Code § 8.2-725, which provides...

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