Case Title: Gates v. Precision Post Co.

Citation: 1996-Ohio-183

Docket Number: 19942093

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1996-02-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
Gates, Appellant, v. Precision Post Company; Black Brothers Company et 
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al., Appellees. 
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[Cite as Gates v. Precision Post Co. (1996), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
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Civil actions -- Products liability -- Causes of action brought pursuant to 
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R.C. 2307.71 et seq. governed by two-year statute of limitations 
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provided in R.C. 2305.10. 
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(No. 94-2093 -- Submitted January 10, 1996 -- Decided February 7, 
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1996.) 
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CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-94-21. 
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Hofelich & King and John F. King, for appellant. 
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Jones & Bahret Co., L.P.A., Willis P. Jones, Jr. and Peter C. Munger, 
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for appellees. 
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The cause is before this court upon the certification of the court of 
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appeals that its judgment conflicted with the judgment of the Court of 
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Appeals for Cuyahoga County in McAuliffe v. W. States Import Co., Inc. 
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(Dec. 16, 1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 65297, unreported, 1993 WL 527880, 
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and with the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Monroe County in Byers 
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v. Consol. Aluminum Corp. (Apr. 12, 1994), Monroe App. No. 716, 
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unreported, 1994 WL 149880, upon the following question: 
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“[W]hether the six year statute of limitations set forth in R.C. 2305.07 
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or the two-year statute of limitations set forth in R.C. 2305.10 governs 
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personal injury claims arising from products liability statutes set forth in 
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R.C. 2307.71 et seq.” 
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This court states that the two-year statute of limitations set forth in 
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R.C. 2305.10 governs personal injury claims arising from products liability 
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statutes set forth in R.C. 2307.71 et seq, and affirms the judgment of the 
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court of appeals on the authority of McAuliffe v. W. States Import Co., Inc. 
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(1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 534, 651 N.E.2d 957. 
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MOYER, C.J., WRIGHT, RESNICK, PFEIFER and COOK, JJ., concur. 
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DOUGLAS and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., dissent. 
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