NOWICKI v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 4D09-4949.

69 So.3d 406 (2011)

Edith NOWICKI, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of John E. Nowicki, III, Appellant, v. The CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen E. Lefebvre of Colson Hicks Eidson , Coral Gables, and Sean M. Cleary of Sean M. Cleary, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Carlos F. Gonzalez , Brant C. Hadaway and Gerardo Rodriguez-Albizu of Diaz Reus & Targ, LLP, Miami, and Stephen F. Coxhead of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Miami, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Appellant Edith Nowicki, as personal representative of the Estate of John E. Nowicki, III, appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Cessna Aircraft Company. The trial court ruled that the lawsuit was barred by the eighteen-year statute of repose for lawsuits against general aviation aircraft manufacturers provided in the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA). 49 U.S.C. § 40101. We agree and affirm the order...

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