CASSIDY v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. BK-198.

495 So.2d 801 (1986)

Effie Dell CASSIDY, As Guardian of the Person of Kenneth Cassidy, Florida National Bank, As Guardian of the Property of Kenneth Cassidy, and Sharon Cassidy, As Wife of Kenneth Cassidy, Appellants, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Corporation, Ford Motor Company, a Corporation, and the Budd Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearings Denied October 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Remington, of Smith, Grimsley, Remington & Kessler, Ft. Walton Beach, for appellants.

G. Jack Hardy and G. William Bissett, of Preddy, Kutner, Hardy, Rubinoff, Brown & Thompson, Miami, for appellee Firestone.

Gerald A. McGill, of Southworth & McGill, Pensacola, for appellee Ford Motor Co.

Thomas P. Schult, of Lathrop, Koontz & Norquist, Kansas City, Mo., and J. Dixon Bridgers, III, Carol R. Tierney, of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Pensacola, for appellee The Budd Co.

Cathy Jackson Burris, Ft. Lauderdale, for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Edward T. O'Donnell, of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Sharon Lee Stedman, of Rumberger, Kirk, Caldwell, Cabaniss & Burke, Orlando, for amicus curiae, Florida Defense Lawyers Ass'n.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellants seek review of a summary final judgment entered in a products liability action for a 1982 injury, asserting that the court erred by applying section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes. We affirm the order appealed.

Section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes (1982),1 provided that:

Actions for products liability ... must be begun .. . within 12 years after the date of delivery of the completed product to...

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