RODRÍGUEZ v. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.

No. 07-2662.

570 F.3d 402 (2009)

Orlando RODRÍGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter John Porrata, with whom Law Offices of Peter John Porrata, was on brief for appellant.

Antonio Gnocchi-Franco, with whom Gnocchi Franco Law Offices, Larry M. Roth, and Law Office of Larry M. Roth, P.A., were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Orlando Rodríguez ("Rodríguez") brought this diversity action against Suzuki Motor Corporation ("Suzuki") alleging that a manufacturing defect in his Suzuki motorcycle caused the injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident. The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico granted Suzuki's motion for summary judgment on the ground that the complaint was barred by the applicable one-year statute of limitations...

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