Supreme Court of Vermont November 4, 2002, 01-533 (Carter v. Fred's Plumbing & Heating, Inc.)

Plaintiff appeals a summary judgment by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, which held that his claim against defendants was barred by the five-year statute of limitations encompassed in the Occupational Disease Act, 21 V.S.A § 1006(a) (1987) (repealed by 1999, No. 41, § 8(a)(1) (the “ODA”). We affirm.

From 1957 until 1988, plaintiff worked as a plumber.