WEBBER v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.


653 S.W.2d 409 (1983)

Claude WEBBER and wife, Helen Webber, Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied June 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Owen, Knoxville, for appellants.

Robert R. Campbell of Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for Dow Chemical Co.

Paul Campbell, Jr. of Campbell & Campbell, Chattanooga, for Texaco, Inc.

Harold B. Stone and Steven D. Lipsey, Knoxville, for Union Oil Co.

Jack B. Draper, Knoxville, for Cos-Mar, Inc. and Cosden Oil & Chemical Co.

Earl R. Layman, Knoxville, for Foster Grant Co., Inmont Corp.

Steven C. Rose and S. Morris Hadden, Kingsport, for Fibercast Co.

William A. Young, Knoxville, for Commercial Resins.

Wheeler A. Rosenbalm, Knoxville, for Gulf Oil Corp.

David W. Blankenship, Kingsport, for Norwood Chemical Co.

William D. Vines, III, Knoxville, for Amoco Chemical Corp.

Harry P. Ogden, Knoxville, for A Z Products.

Paul Hogan, Jr., Knoxville, for Whittaker Coatings and American Hoechst Corp.

R. Franklin Norton, Knoxville, for Structural Fibers, Inc.

J. Hartly Echerd and Jeffrey L. Cleary, Chattanooga, for Spencer Kellog, Shell Oil Co., Borg-Warner Chemicals, and Apco Oil.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court June 27, 1983.

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs, Claude Webber and wife Helen, appeal from the trial court's dismissal of their suit against the appellees based on the running of the statute of limitations.

In November of 1976, Claude Webber began suffering from a brain disorder that was later diagnosed as cerebella dysfunction. On October 26, 1977, the Webbers filed suit in the Circuit...

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