United States Eleventh Circuit

In a product liability action in which the district court granted summary judgment to defendant based on Georgia's statute of repose, the Eleventh Circuit certifies the following question to the Georgia Supreme Court: "In a strict liability or negligence action, does the statute of repose in O.C.G.A. section 51-1-11 begin running when 1) a component part causing an injury is assembled or tested; 2) a finished product, which includes an injuring component part, is assembled; or 3) a finished product, which includes an injuring component part, is delivered to its initial purchaser?"

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2010
• Published 05/03/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

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