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COURT DECISIONS: MILLER-JACKSON, et al. v. THE MEAD CORPORATION, et al. (No. 97-1891 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 3219, February 27, 1998, Decided.) Description provided in the opening statement of the Judge's Opinion: "Mildred Miller-Jackson, Ann Holcomb, and Brenda Smith (the Appellants), appeal the dismissal of their claims against several paper manufacturers for damages allegedly resulting from their occupational exposure to the manufacturers' carbonless copy paper (CCP) over a period of several years. The Appellants claim that CCP caused [*2] them to become multiple chemical sensitive MCS), and they seek recovery under theories of negligence, breach of warranty, and strict liability. The district court held that the Appellants' claims against the manufacturers were barred by Virginia's two-year statute of limitations on actions for personal injuries. Finding no error in the ruling by the district court, we affirm." MILLER-JACKSON, et al. v. THE MEAD CORPORATION Citations: VA. CODE ANN. @ 8.01-243(A) (Michie 1992). VA. CODE ANN. @ 8.01-230 (Michie 1992). Nunnally v. Artis, 254 Va. 247, 492 S.E.2d 126, 128 (Va. 1997) (quoting Locke v. Johns-Manville Corp., 221 Va. 951, 275 S.E.2d 900, 904 (Va.1981)). Locke, 275 S.E.2d at 904-905. Mahony v. Becker, 246 Va. 209, 435 S.E.2d 139, 140-41 (Va. 1993).
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