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).