FRANZEN v. DEERE AND CO.

No. 68688.

334 N.W.2d 730 (1983)

Eligius FRANZEN and Hannah Franzen, Appellants, v. DEERE AND COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Donohue of Donohue Law Office, P.C., West Union, for appellants.

David L. Riley of Lindeman & Yagla, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.


WOLLE, Justice.

This appeal involves application of the "discovery rule" to a statute of limitations issue in a products liability case. The trial court granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action on the ground that defendant's statute of limitations defense was established as a matter of law. We reverse and remand.

The principal question presented is whether it can be said as a matter of law that plaintiffs' action accrued more than two years...

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