party must then “do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts.” Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 586, 106 S.Ct. 1348. The “very mission of the summary judgment procedure is to pierce the pleadings and to assess the proof in order to see whether there is a genuine need for trial.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(e) advisory committee’s note to 1963 Amendment. B. Statute of Limitations 1. Wrongful Death Claims Plaintiffs Block, Trice-Adams, and Trice allege wrongful death claims based on theories of design defect, failure to warn, and negligence. Minnesota law states that a cause of action arising out of a personal injury “dies with the person of the party in whose favor it exists.” Minn. Stat. § 573.01; see also Ortiz v. Gavenda, 590 N.W.2d 119, 121 (Minn.1999) (<HOLDING>). But § 573.02 allows a cause of action to be
holding that under the common law a claim for personal injuries died with the victim holding that a right of action for personal injuries resulting from negligence cannot be assigned absent statutory law holding that  1964c does not permit recovery for personal injuries holding that claim brought under section 1983 of the civil rights act constituted a personal injury tort claim because section 1983 confers a general remedy for injuries to personal rights holding that victims injuries did not arise out of the use of a motor vehicle when the victim received injuries from a gun fired in the vehicle