Kronos, Inc. v. AVX Corporation

In Kronos, Inc. v. AVX Corporation (81 N.Y.2d 90, 595 N.Y.S.2d 931 [1993]), the Court of Appeals stated: Plaintiff's cause of action is one sounding in tort, and, as a general proposition, a tort cause of action cannot accrue until an injury is sustained.... That, rather than the wrongful act of defendant or discovery of the injury by plaintiff, is the relevant date for marking accrual.... The Statute of Limitations does not run until there is a legal right to relief. Stated another way, accrual occurs when the claim becomes enforceable, i.e., when all elements of the tort can be truthfully alleged in a complaint.