ROBINSON v. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.

No. 14-2961.

795 F.3d 879 (2015)

Hershel Lee ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. American Optical Corporation; 3M Company; Pangborn Corporation; Clark Sand Company, Inc.; Dependable Abrasives, Inc., Defendants Precision Packaging, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Morie Company; Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company, Defendants E.D. Bullard Company, Defendant-Appellee Empire Abrasive Equipment Corporation; Empire Abrasive Equipment Company LP, Defendants Clemco Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Schmidt Manufacturing, Inc.; Bob Schmidt, Inc.; Pauli & Griffin Company; Kelco Sales & Engineering Company; Mississippi Valley Silica Co. Inc.; Standard Sand & Silica Company; Unimin Corporation; Vulcan Materials Company; Jane & John Does, 1-500; Doe Corporation, John & Jane 1-491, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Neil McCarty , argued, Jackson, MS, ( Patrick Cash Malouf, Sr. , Jackson, MS., John T. Givens , Timothy W. Porter , Jackson, MS, Robert Allen Smith, Jr. , Ridgeland, MS, on the brief) for appellant.

Daniel J. Mulholland , argued, Jackson, MS, ( Fred Krutz and Christine Crockett White , Jackson, MS, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges, and GRITZNER, District Judge.


Hershel Robinson, a former sandblaster, claimed various defendants were responsible for damage to his lungs. The district court2 concluded that Robinson's suit was time-barred under Arkansas's three-year statute of limitations for product-liability suits. We affirm.

Robinson worked as...

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