NELSON v. INTERNATIONAL PAINT CO.

No. 83-1739.

716 F.2d 640 (1983)

Alfred Gerome NELSON and Vida Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL PAINT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing October 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Knisely, Spivey & Grigg, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David W. Gordon, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, SNEED and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, Alfred and Vida Nelson, seek review of the district court's dismissal of their products liability claim on the ground that the statute of limitations has run. Jurisdiction in the federal district court existed by virtue of diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Appellants argue that the district court erred in looking to the choice of law rules of the forum state, California, and that the court should have applied the rules...

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