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MILES v. ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO., A DIV. OF ASHLAND OIL

No. 90-8437.

924 F.2d 1026 (1991)

Delores MILES, Carolyn Scott, Amanda Reynolds and Carol Williams, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY, A DIVISION OF ASHLAND OIL, Defendant-Appellee. Lillian GAINES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANY, A DIVISION OF ASHLAND OIL, Defendant-Appellee. Mildred McKENNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SWIFT ADHESIVES, INC., (formerly Eschem, Inc.), a division of Reichhold, and Ashland Chemical Company, a division of Ashland Oil, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Martin, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Allie S. Edwards, Phillip S. McKinney, Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAY, COX and MARKEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, we are asked to review the district court's dismissal, as time barred, of three wrongful death actions brought under Georgia law. Each case is controlled by a common question involving the interpretation of the Georgia statute of limitations for wrongful death actions, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 (1986). The plaintiffs argue that the two-year statute of limitations for a wrongful death action alleging a failure to warn does not begin to run...

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