STUTTS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 1-83-0027.

574 F.Supp. 100 (1983)

Bert STUTTS and wife, Mary Dean Stutts, Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant. William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Tennessee, Intervenor.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Columbia Division.

November 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Doerflinger, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

John K. Maddin, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

William Hubbard and Kate Eyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for intervenor.


MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries he sustained while driving a tractor made by the defendant corporation. Defendant moved for summary judgment, based on the Tennessee Products Liability Act of 1978 which requires that a products liability action "must be brought within ten (10) years from the date on which the product was first purchased for use or consumption...." Tennessee Code Annotated §...

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