United States Sixth Circuit

In a personal injury suit resulting from an accident during a home construction, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the statute of limitations for the suit had run, and the "savings statute" did not apply to defendants whom the plaintiffs were aware of prior to the statute of limitation's expiration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2007
• Published 07/23/2007

Judges

• Before: KENNEDY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  ALDRICH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Timothy W. McAfee, McAfee Law Firm, Norton, Virginia, for Appellants.  Charles G. Taylor III, McDonald, Levy, Taylor & Crotwell, Knoxville, Tennessee, Joseph Lyle, Hale, Lyle & Russell, Bristol, Tennessee, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Timothy W. McAfee, McAfee Law Firm, Norton, Virginia, for Appellants.  Charles G. Taylor III, McDonald, Levy, Taylor & Crotwell, Knoxville, Tennessee, Joseph Lyle, Hale, Lyle & Russell, Bristol, Tennessee, for Appellees.