When Does the Clock Start Ticking?: Applying the Statute of Limitations in Asbestos Property Damage Actions Notes 80 Cornell Law Review 1994-1995

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80 Cornell L. Rev. 695 (1994-1995)
When Does the Clock Start Ticking?: Applying the Statute of Limitations in Asbestos Property Damage Actions

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THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN ASBESTOS
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACTIONS
Introduction ................................................... 696
I. Theories of Liability and the Accrual of the Cause of
Action .................................................. 699
A. A Sketch of the Asbestos Property Damage Action.. 699
B. Accrual of the Tort Cause of Action ................ 704
1. Date of Injury Rule ............................. 705
2. Discovery Rule .................................. 708
a. Knowledge of Contamination Starts the
Clock Ticking .............................. 709
b. Knowledge of the Presence of Friable
Asbestos Plus General Awareness of the
Dangers of Asbestos Starts the Clock
Ticking .......... * ......................... 710
c. Knowledge of the Presence of Asbestos and
Awareness of Its Dangers Starts the Clock
Ticking ..................................... 712
d. Cause of Action Accrues upon Awareness of
Dangers of Asbestos in Buildings ........... 713
3. Missouri's Particularized Common Law Rule for
Asbestos Property Damage Actions .............. 715
C. Accrual of the Breach of Warranty Cause of Action. 716
1. Asbestos Property Damage and Warranty Claims:
Difficulties on the Merits ....................... 717
2. The Statute of Limitations Forecloses Most
Warranty Causes of Action ...................... 717
D. The Restitution Cause of Action: Solving the Time-
Bar Problem, But Wrong on the Merits ............. 719
1. Restitution Cause of Action Avoids the Statute
of Limitations .................................. 719
2. Restitution Should Not be Available for Property
Damage Caused by a Defective Product ......... 720
E. Nuisance: Solving the Time-Bar Problem, But
Again, Wrong on the Merits ........................ 722
F. Allegations of Fraud: Tolling the Statute of
Lim itations ......................................... 723
II. The Role of State Legislation and Sovereign Immunity . 725
A. Special Asbestos Legislation ......................... 725
1. Statutes that Expand the Limitations Period .... 725
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