Locke v. Johns-Manville Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20326
No(s). 790171 (Va. Mar 6, 1981)

The court rules that the Virginia statute of limitation governing personal injuries caused by exposure to asbestos products begins to run when the claimant has a legally provable injury, not at the time of the last exposure. In 1978, appellant filed a negligence action alleging that he contracted me...