MARTINEZ v. SHOWA DENKO, K.K.

No. 18870.

964 P.2d 176 (1998)

125 N.M. 605

1998-NMCA-111

Lydia MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHOWA DENKO, K.K., a Japanese entity who may be incorporated and authorized to do business in the USA; Revco Discount Drug Centers, Inc., a Michigan corporation; and Doe Companies Nos. 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants, and Showa Denko America, Inc., a New York corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis G. Stelzner, Craig T. Erickson, Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A., Albuquerque, for Appellant Showa Denko America, Inc.

Daniel B. Silver, Steven J. Kaiser, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., of counsel for Appellant Showa Denko America, Inc.

Turner W. Branch, Margaret Moses Branch, Daniel R. Swiss, The Branch Law Firm, Albuquerque, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

{1} Defendant Showa Denko America, Inc. pursues this interlocutory appeal from an order denying its motion for summary judgment. Two issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in determining that the statute of limitations in product liability cases does not begin to run until Plaintiff knew or reasonably should have known that the cause of her injuries was due to her use of an allegedly defective product...

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