![]() ![]() Defendants removed the suit to federal district court. On May 10, 1996, Denman, the guardian of Hunter's estate, brought suit on Hunter's behalf in Mississippi state court, asserting products liability and negligence claims against Andrews, Snapper, and The Actava Group's successor corporation, Multimedia International Group, Inc. Hunter has since moved to New Hampshire with his mother his father continues to reside in North Carolina. Denman loaned the mower to his son, Hunter's father, who at that time lived in North Carolina with Hunter. ("Snapper"), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Georgia. The mower was manufactured in Georgia by Snapper Division of The Actava Group, Inc. ![]() Denman ("Denman"), a Mississippi resident, purchased the mower in 1980 from Jim Andrews d/b/a McComb Appliances and Equipment and/or Andrews Firestone or Andrews Firestone, Inc. Hunter alleges that the mower was defective because it was not equipped with a deadman's switch or another safety device that might have prevented his injury and because it was accompanied by inadequate warnings. Although his foot was surgically replaced, he has not regained its full use. On April 21, 1987, Hunter, a minor, severed his left foot while mowing a lawn with his grandfather's Snapper riding lawnmower. Denman ("Hunter") appeals the district court's summary judgment that North Carolina's products liability statute of repose bars his claims. ![]()
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