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PERKINS v. CLARK EQUIPMENT CO., MELROSE DIV.

No. 86-5455.

823 F.2d 207 (1987)

Ray and Marilyn PERKINS, Appellants, v. CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, MELROSE DIVISION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Collins, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellants.

John D. Kelly, Fargo, N.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Ray and Marilyn Perkins appeal from an order of the district court1 granting Clark Equipment Company's motion for summary judgment in this product liability case. The district court held that Iowa's two-year statute of limitations applies and that the Perkinses' suit was time barred. For the reasons stated below we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

At all relevant times Ray and Marilyn Perkins...

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