BRAXTON-SECRET v. A.H. ROBINS CO.

No. 84-1877.

769 F.2d 528 (1985)

Jeanette BRAXTON-SECRET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, a corporation, Hugh J. Davis, Irwin S. Lerner, and Pee Wee Molding Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Friedman, Lawrence A. Strick, Conklin, Davids & Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barbara J. Paulson, Charles Horn, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Kevin J. Dunne, Bruce Edwards, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, TANG and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Jeanette Braxton-Secret, appeals from a final judgment granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment based on the running of the statute of limitations. We affirm.

I.

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