United States Fourth Circuit

In an injury and tort action, brought by plaintiff alleging that defendant’s dumping toxic solvents into a local stream caused him to develop leukemia from childhood exposure, the district court's dismissal is reversed where North Carolina's statute of repose for personal injury, North Carolina Generate Statutes section 1-52(16), does not apply to plaintiff’s claim because a disease is not a "latent injury" under North Carolina law.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/03/02

Judges

• FLOYD

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel