RAITHAUS v. SAAB-SCANDIA OF AMERICA

No. 860208.

784 P.2d 1158 (1989)

Larry RAITHAUS, M.D., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAAB-SCANDIA OF AMERICA, INC., a Connecticut corporation; Ken Garff Foreign Cars, Inc., a Utah corporation; and Saab-Scandia AB, a Swedish corporation, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy S. Axland, Michael W. Homer and Fred R. Silvester, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

L. Rich Humpherys and M. Douglas Bayly, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellees.


DURHAM, Justice:

This appeal concerns a products liability action filed by Larry Raithaus (Raithaus) against Saab-Scandia of America, Inc., and Saab-Scandia AB (Saab). The issue is whether the six-year time period in the Utah Products Liability Act (the Act) may be applied to Raithaus' cause of action in place of the two-year statute of limitations in section 78-12-28(2) of the Utah Code.1 We...

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