VARNADORE v. ROHM-GESELLSCHAFT, A.G.

No. BR-280.

515 So.2d 399 (1987)

Erwin VARNADORE, Appellant, v. ROHM-GESELLSCHAFT, A.G., a German Corporation; and Gerling-Konzern, Allgemeine Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft, an Insurer; and Eig Cutlery, Inc., a Florida Corporation and Old Republic Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Mordecai of Zisser, Robison, Spohrer, and Wilner, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Claire L. Hamner and Richard R. Garland of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellee Rohm-Gesellschaft, A.G.

Noah H. Jenerette, Jr. and Karen K. Cole of Boyd, Jenerette, Staas, Joos, Williams, Felton & Wirtz, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees Eig Cutlery, Inc. and Old Republic Ins. Co.

Wayne Hogan of Brown, Terrell, Hogan and Ellis, P.A., Jacksonville, for amicus curiae The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The lower court entered a summary final judgment in favor of appellee/defendants in appellant's products liability suit. We affirm.

The facts of the case are undisputed. Appellant sustained personal injuries in 1981 when a gun manufactured and distributed by appellees discharged when it was dropped. The gun was delivered to its original purchaser in 1963. In 1984 appellant filed suit. Because appellant's cause of action accrued more than twelve...

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