BOWMAN v. NIAGARA MACH. AND TOOL WORKS, INC.

No. 87-1523.

832 F.2d 1052 (1987)

Rodney BOWMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NIAGARA MACHINE AND TOOL WORKS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1987.

As Amended November 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Schrieber, Schrieber & Sevenish, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

James J. Shea, Hunt, Suedhoff, Borror & Eilbacher, Fort Wayne, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Rodney Bowman appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing his product liability action against defendant Niagara Machine and Tool Works, Inc. ("Niagara"), 620 F.Supp. 1484. In dismissing the action the district court relied on Indiana's statute of repose applicable to product liability actions, Ind.Code § 33-1-1.5-5, which requires that such actions...

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