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NOWOTNY v. L & B CONTRACT INDUSTRIES

No. 96-62.

933 P.2d 452 (1997)

Gary R. NOWOTNY and Carla Nowotny, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. L & B CONTRACT INDUSTRIES, INC., formerly L & B Products, Inc., a New York corporation, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Harrison of Harrison & Massey, LLC, Rawlins, for Appellants.

Curtis B. Buchhammer of Orr, Buchhammer & Kehl, PC, Cheyenne, for Appellee.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and LEHMAN, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

The main issue to be addressed in this case is whether we should expand the discovery rule for triggering the statute of limitations for personal injuries to include knowledge of the identity of the tort-feasor. This issue presents a conflict between a policy of providing a means of redress to an injured person and the policy of adoption of a statute of limitations, which frees the judicial system from litigation of stale claims and spares other parties...

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