California Court Affirms Award of Nonsuit in Indy Woman's Exposure Case

SAN FRANCISCO - A claim filed in California against several friction defendants for exposures that allegedly occurred in Indiana should be decided under Indiana law and, as a result, is barred by the statute of limitations, a California appeals court has held. Cossman v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., No. A097110 (Calif. App. Ct., First Dist.).

The Fourth District California Court of Appeal said April 14 that the San Francisco County trial court's award of nonsuit in favor of several defendants named in the complaint was proper in that it recognized that the claims of Bette and Max Cossman were filed nearly three …