· 12/18/1989
Raithaus v. Saab-Scandia of America, Inc.
Citations
- 784 P.2d 1158
- 124 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
- 1989 Utah LEXIS 165
- 1989 WL 156436
How courts have described this case
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- finding Utah Product Liability Act “fits squarely within the precise definition of a statute of repose because the period of limitation begins to run from a date unrelated to an injury.”
- statutes of limitation bar claims “that have been allowed to slumber until evidence has been lost, memories have faded, and witnesses have disappeared”
- “[T]he statute of repose [is] a separate affirmative defense.”
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Judges: Durham, Hall, Howe, Stewart, Zimmerman
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