Opinion · Ohio Supreme Court

McManus v. Belcher

McManus v. Belcher, 73 Ohio St. 3d 106 (Ohio 1995)

Type: Opinion
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Date: 1995-08-16
Topic: litigation

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), 72 Ohio St.3d 534, 651 N.E.2d 957.

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[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at

73 Ohio St.3d 106

.]




    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-123

.]
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.
                                  __________________
        {¶ 1} 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),

72 Ohio St.3d 534

651 N.E.2d 957

.
                            SUPREME COURT OF OHIO




       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),

72 Ohio St.3d 534

651 N.E.2d 957

.
       DOUGLAS and RESNICK, JJ., not participating.
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