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COPELAND v. ARMSTRONG CORK CO.

No. 81-1369.

447 So.2d 922 (1984)

Lee Loyd COPELAND and Vaudeen Copeland, Appellants, v. ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing April 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick M. Baron, P.A. and Jane N. Saginaw, Dallas, Tex., Robles & Robles and Brian Weinstein, Miami, for appellants.

Dixon, Dixon, Hurst, Nicklaus & Webb and M. Stephen Smith, III, Miami, for Armstrong Cork Co.

Paul & Thomson and Jon W. Zeder, Miami, for GAF Corp.

Lee, Schulte, Murphy & Coe and Thomas J. Schulte, Miami, for Keene Corp.

Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and James C. Blecke, Miami, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Steven R. Berger, Miami, for H.K. Porter Co., Inc.

Corlett, Merritt, Killian & Sikes and Gerald E. Rosser, Miami for Fibreboard Corp.

Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings, Womack, Carlson & Kniskern, Miami, for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

Thompson & Clark and Robert H. Schwartz, Miami, for Pittsburgh Corning Corp. and Combustion Engineering, Inc.

No appearance for Nicolet Industries, Inc.

No appearance for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Before HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., Jr. (Ret.) Associate Judge.

HUBBART, Judge.

The central issue presented by this appeal is at what point in time does a cause of action accrue for purposes of the statute of limitations in a products liability tort action [§§ 95.11(3)(e), 95.031(2), Fla. Stat. (1981)] where the claimed injury is a so-called "creeping disease," such as asbestosis, acquired over a period of years as a result of long-term occupational exposure to deleterious substances. We hold, in accord with the established...

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