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SHAW v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 86-379.

503 So.2d 362 (1987)

William SHAW, Individually and As Guardian and Next Friend of Gregory Shaw and Scott Shaw, and Christel Shaw, His Wife, Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Federated Department Stores, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

As Amended March 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Glickman, for appellants.

Usich & Sullivan and David L. Sullivan, Rumberger, Wechsler & Kirk and M. Stephen Smith, III, and Wendy F. Lumish, Pat Harris and Michelle Fisher, for appellees.

Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. and Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass'n of the U.S., Inc., as amici curiae.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

Ruling that appellants' product liability action was barred by the statute of repose, section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes (1983), the trial court entered Final Judgment in favor of appellees. The trial court determined that the action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the Shaws when their refrigerator caught fire accrued more than twelve years after the date of delivery to the original purchaser; section 95.031(2) required that actions be...

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