PORTER v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 18-8028.

917 F.3d 1246 (2019)

Keshia PORTER, as the Wrongful Death Representative for the Claimants Entitled To Recover for the Wrongful Death of Delandis Richardson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED March 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent L. Marable III , Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, Texas ( Vance Countryman , Vance T. Countryman, P.C., Lander, Wyoming, J. Hunter Craft and Laura A. Cockrell , Craft Law Firm, P.C., Houston, Texas, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Katherine B. Wellington , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jessica L. Ellsworth , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Richard A. Mincer , Hirst Applegate, LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming, with her on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Keshia Porter appeals the district court's dismissal of her complaint as time barred. The district court concluded that this action is untimely under Wyo. Stat. § 1-38-102 because Porter did not file a petition for appointment as a wrongful death representative ("WDR") within two years of her husband's death. However...

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