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DENMAN BY DENMAN v. SNAPPER DIVISION

No. 97-60301.

131 F.3d 546 (1998)

Hunter W.P. DENMAN, a minor by and through W.T. DENMAN, Jr., Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SNAPPER DIVISION; Actava Group, Inc.; Jim Andrews, doing business as McComb Appliance & Equipment and/or Andrews Firestone; Andrews Firestone, Andrews Firestone, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Jan Swan, Chapman, Lewis & Swan, Clarksdale, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert H. Pedersen, James A. Becker, Jr., Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WIENER, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Hunter W.P. Denman ("Hunter") appeals the district court's summary judgment that North Carolina's products liability statute of repose bars his claims. We AFFIRM.

I.

On April 21, 1987, Hunter, a minor, severed his left foot while mowing a lawn with his grandfather's Snapper riding lawnmower. Although his foot was surgically replaced, he has not regained its full use. Hunter alleges that the mower was defective...

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