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HEAVNER v. UNIROYAL, INC.

63 N.J. 130 (1973)

305 A.2d 412

ROY LEE HEAVNER AND REBECCA HEAVNER, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. UNIROYAL, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND PULLMAN, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Cook argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants (Messrs. Brown, Connery, Kulp, Wille, Purnell & Greene, attorneys).

Mr. Joseph H. Kenney argued the cause for defendant-respondent Uniroyal, Inc. (Messrs. Archer, Greiner & Read, attorneys; Mr. Charles Lee Harp, Jr., on the brief).

Mr. Carl J. Kisselman argued the cause for defendant-respondent Pullman, Inc. (Messrs. Kisselman, Deighan, Montano, King & Summers, attorneys; Mr. Arthur Montano, of counsel; Mr. Douglas A. Faulkner, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HALL, J.

This product liability case presents two important questions concerning the statute of limitations. The first, a choice-of-law question, is whether New Jersey, as the forum state, should apply its limitations statute or that of North Carolina — the state where all the parties are and where the cause of action arose and all preceding incidents occurred. The second question is whether, in any product liability...

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