The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts received a certified question from the U.S. District for the District of Massachusetts and concluded that the six-year statute of repose outlined in G.L. c. 260, Paragraph 2B, eliminates all tort claims arising from diseases or illnesses with extended latency periods, such as those associated with asbestos exposure, where the defendants had knowing control of the injurious instrumentality at the time of the exposure.The case is June Stearns, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance …