Beware of the borrowing statute; time may run out. (statute of limitations; includes related article on state borrowing statutes)

Trial | June 1, 1995| | Copyright

I recently received a call from a very good personal injury attorney about a products liability case involving a ladder. He said that although the accident had occurred in Virginia, the ladder was manufactured in New York, so he thought he would file suit in New York to take advantage of strict liability in that state.

He asked me if I knew what the statute of limitation period was in New York. I did not recall offhand, but I commented that it might not matter because New York could apply its "borrowing" statute.

"Oh no," my caller responded. "My client didn't ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Barbed wire it isn't just for fences Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine ; ...hobby to pursue. Samples of the wire are easy to find and many cost...think all of it's cheap. "Wire varies in price from 25 cents...says of the more commonplace wires. The "Holy Grail" of barbed wire for collectors is one that...
	Barbed wire built Scutt's fortune Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL) ; Barbed wire helped to settle the American frontier. And much of the barbed wire that stretched across...economical and substantial barbed wire." The idea behind barbed...of animals to a minimum. Barbed wire claimed the open ranges...
	BARBED WIRE HELPED SETTLE OLD WEST.(MAIN) Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ; ...frontier. In reality, it was barbed wire, more than brawn and bullets...Just ask those who see barbed wire as something more...mass-produced barbed wire in this country was by...known as the ``Father of Barbed Wire.'' Glidden's...
	The Devil's Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire.(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Historian ; ...s Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire. By Alan Krell. (London: Reaktion...often gloomy, book is a history of barbed wire as depicted in pictures and paintings. Alan Krell covers the use of barbed wire in films, advertising, cartoons...
	New twist on barbed wire Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) ; ...DeKalb's position as America's "Barbed Wire Capital" is the ongoing restoration...Frontiers," a comprehensive survey of barbed wire history. Visit the Glidden Homestead...Spinato (actually, Italian for barbed wire). Near the athletic stadium...
	Barbed wire collection donated to Texas A&M. M2 Presswire ; ...wire. The oldest piece of wire in Lane's collection dates...Merriwether." "Most all of the wires were patented and manufactured...What happened was we had a barbed wire revolution where everybody...needed." Hamilton said when barbed wire first was introduced in...
	A simple tool hits a snag: The unintended consequences of barbed wire during a century of terror.(Features)(Books) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...began mass-producing barbed wire in De Kalb, Ill. It was...pound. In his thoughtful "Barbed Wire," which has the...uses of a simple piece of wire? * Joseph Barbato is a...at Publishers Weekly. Barbed Wire: A Political History...
	How barbed wire lost its point Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ; ...maker and purveyor of quality barbed wire by appointment to the Gulag...surrounded the building not with classic barbed wire but more lethal, technically advanced...is exports. "There is lots of barbed wire in Ireland. In Israel too. They...
	Environment Day Walk with barbed wires. News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International ; ...Latifabad and ended at the office of HCCI. On this occasion police had laid barbed wires at various road junctions from where the procession was to pass. These wires were laid at Latifabad, Station Road and near press club blocking all the vehicular...
	The wiring of America.(history and influence of barbed wire) Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ; ...things apart WHO could love barbed wire? It covered the trenches of...two trees, two friends The barbed wire runs which neither argues...declared war on each other. Wire allowed property rights to...from the land itself. Two wires twisted In the beginning came...