Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Edwards

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that in Mississippi, a cause of action accrues when “it comes into existence as an enforceable claim; that is, when the right to sue becomes vested”
• extending the discovery rule to Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-49 in cases of products liability or negligence involving a latent injury or disease
• statute of limitations began to run when plaintiff discovered cancer, even though she had a lengthy history of other, related health problems
• statute does not begin to run in latent injury cases until discovery thereof
• discovery rule exists in case of negligence or products liability cause of action involving latent disease
• statute does not begin to run in latent injury cases until discovery thereof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Donald v. Amoco Production Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 260×
• Teresa Patrick v. Wal-Mart, Incorporated
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-05-17· cited 163×
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-11-29· cited 149×
• Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. Ferguson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-19· cited 134×
• Caves v. Yarbrough
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-09-25· cited 132×
• Barnes v. Singing River Hosp. Systems
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-21· cited 126×
• PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. v. Lowery
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-08-18· cited 94×
• Smith v. Franklin Custodian Funds, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-10-22· cited 74×
• Williams v. Kilgore
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 74×
• Smith v. Sneed
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-06-23· cited 70×
• Gentry v. Wallace
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-19· cited 65×
• State Industrial Products Corp. v. Beta Technology, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-07-07· cited 57×
• Schiro v. American Tobacco Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 53×
• Sweeney v. Preston
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-07· cited 47×
• Angle v. Koppers, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-05-27· cited 45×
• Paz v. Brush Engineered Materials, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-01-04· cited 37×
• Sutherland v. Estate of Ritter
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-19· cited 36×
• Bickham v. Department of Mental Health
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 36×
• McMillan v. Puckett
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-05-16· cited 35×
• American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counter v. The 1906 Company, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-12· cited 34×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-22· cited 228×
• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-07-02· cited 91×
• City of Mound Bayou v. Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 86×
• Smith v. Temco, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-06-28· cited 81×
• Staheli v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-08-23· cited 64×
• Walley v. HUNT
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-10-15· cited 42×
• Aultman v. Kelly
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-03-02· cited 36×
• Kilgore v. Barnes
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-08· cited 35×
• EUCLID-MISS., a DIV. OF TRIPPEER ORGANIZATIONS v. Western Cas. & Sur. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1964-05-04· cited 35×
• Wilder v. St. Joseph Hospital
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-10-10· cited 35×
• Estate of Kidd v. Kidd
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-04-27· cited 31×
• Tabor Motor Company v. Garrard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 25×
• Rankin v. Mark
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1960-05-16· cited 23×
• MT Reed Construction Co. v. Jackson Plating Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 21×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Broadway
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-02-14· cited 19×
• Kilgore v. Barnes
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 18×
• BOYDSTUN v. Pearson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1960-10-24· cited 11×
• Benoist Elevator Co., Inc. v. Mitchell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-12· cited 8×
• Lindley v. Hamilton
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-09-15· cited 2×