Case Title: McManus v. Belcher

Citation: 1995-Ohio-123

Docket Number: 19950380

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

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McManus, Guardian, et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v.                    
Belcher, d.b.a. Shoreland Auto Care, Appellee; Chrysler                          
Corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.                                       
[Cite as McManus v. Belcher (1995),     Ohio St.3d    .]                         
Appeal -- Guardians -- R.C. 2305.16 -- Tolling of statute of                     
    limitations -- Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed --                  
    Products liability claims for bodily injury governed by                      
    two-year statute of limitations period in R.C. 2305.10 and                   
    not by six-year statute of limitations period in R.C.                        
    2305.07.                                                                     
    No. 95-380 -- Submitted June 6, 1995 -- Decided August 16                    
1995.)                                                                           
    Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Lucas                  
County, No. L-94-032.                                                            
                                                                                 
    Cubbon & Associates Co., L.P.A., Robert J. Bahret and David                  
L. Rice, for appellants and cross-appellees.                                     
    Jones & Bahret Co., L.P.A., and Peter C. Munger, for                         
appellee Garry D. Belcher, d.b.a. Shoreland Auto Care.                           
    Thompson, Hine & Flory, Stephen H. Daniels and Mark N.                       
Rose, for appellee Coltec Industries, Inc.                                       
    Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt and Charles E. Brown,                  
for appellee and cross-appellant Chrysler Corporation.                           
                                                                                 
    The appeal is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been                          
improvidently allowed.  The judgment of the court of appeals as                  
to the issue raised on cross-appeal is reversed, and the                         
judgment of the trial court as to cross-appellant Chrysler                       
Corporation is reinstated on the authority of McAuliffe v. W.                    
States Import Co., Inc. (1995),     Ohio St.3d    ,                              
N.E.2d    .                                                                      
    Moyer, C.J., Wright, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.                          
    F.E. Sweeney, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his                     
dissenting opinion in McAuliffe v. W. States Import Co., Inc.                    
(1995),     Ohio St.3d    ,    ,     N.E.2d    ,    .                            
    Douglas and Resnick, JJ., not participating.