The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that insurance liability lawsuits must be filed within two years of a would-be defendant’s death, upholding a decision dismissing a suit against Lewis Bear Co. and the estate of a now-deceased employee who injured two women with a company truck.

In a 5-1 decision, the state high court said Florida Statute 733.710(1) extinguishes the claims of plaintiffs Samantha Tsuji and Crystal Williams because it clearly constitutes a two-year statute of repose, and neither of the two exceptions to the statute apply.

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