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WAYNE v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 83-4043.

730 F.2d 392 (1984)

Mark WAYNE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Reese, St. Petersburg, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, James E. Fox, Associate Gen. Counsel, Brent R. Marquand, Richard B. Campbell, Donna L. Pierce, Tenn. Valley Auth., Knoxville, Tenn., for T.V.A.

Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone & Sams, L.F. Sams, Jr., Michael D. Greer, Tupelo, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GEE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment entered in the Northern District of Mississippi holding that their claims are barred by the Tennessee statute of limitations applicable to product liability actions, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 29-28-103 et seq. (1980). The Tennessee statute is a statute of repose which imposes an absolute bar to actions brought more than ten years after the allegedly defective product was purchased...

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