HARRINGTON v. TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD.

No. 96-724.

562 N.W.2d 190 (1997)

Richard HARRINGTON and Sandra Harrington, Plaintiffs, v. TOSHIBA MACHINE COMPANY, LTD., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. and Thomas C. Verhulst of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, P.C., Waterloo, for plaintiffs.

Robert D. Houghton and Diane Kutzko of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for defendant.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Pursuant to Iowa Code section 684A.1 (1995) and Iowa Rule of Appellate Procedure 452, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa has requested our interpretation of Iowa Code section 613.18(3), a statute tolling the statute of limitations to allow identification of manufacturers in products liability cases. Specifically, the court has inquired whether (1) section 613.18(3) provides a new two-year statute of limitations to begin...

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