The Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against General Motors by a Marion County couple as they had waited too long to sue for breach of warranty.
Hilda Forbes and her husband had bought a 1992 Oldsmobile that was supposed to be equipped with airbags. However, when they had an accident in 1997 the air bags failed to function as the company had represented they would. As a result of this, Hilda Forbes was injured in the accident. The couple sued GM in 2000 which the Supreme Court said was already too late as, when they had bought their vehicle in 1991 or 1992, the six- year clock had already began ticking on any breach of warranty claim.
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