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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT v. W.R. GRACE & CO.

No. 88-181.

565 A.2d 1354 (1989)

The UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT and State Agricultural College v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Soule and John T. Sartore of Paul, Frank & Collins, Inc., Burlington, for plaintiff-appellant.

John M. Dinse and Karen McAndrew of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, and Kenneth A. Cohen, James J. Dillon and Lon F. Povich of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for defendant-appellee.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Geoffrey A. Yudien, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michele Traboscia, law clerk, on the brief, Montpelier, for amicus curiae.

Before PECK, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.) and MARTIN, Superior Judge, Specially Assigned.

MORSE, Justice.

The issue presented by this case is whether the statute of limitations, in a product liability action alleging property damage due to asbestos contamination, begins to run from the time the product was purchased and installed or from the moment the damage was or should have been discovered. The trial court, measuring from the former, entered summary judgment for defendant on the ground that plaintiff's claims were barred by the six-year statute of...

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