A few state courts have declared their state's statute of repose unconstitutional because it:
A) gives people time from the date they discover their injury in which to bring their suit.
B) refrains people to bring a suit who are injured by products such as asbestos or DES that cause injury immediately.
C) denies people the right to seek redress for their injuries when they had no chance to discover their injuries within the statutory period.
D) does not bar the bringing of a tort-based product liability suit after a certain number of years from the date the product is first sold to a user.

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A statute of repose bars the bringing of a tort-based product liability suit after a certain number of years-usually 10-from the date the product is first sold to a user. A few state courts have declared their state's statute of repose unconstitutional because it denies people the right to seek redress for their injuries when they had no chance to discover their injuries within the statutory period.

A Few State Courts Have Declared Their State's Statute of Repose