Legal Opinion
Jones v. Buck
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided October 25, 1991Published
1Opinion of the Court
LERNER, J.S.C.
The issue before me is whether a statute, which prevented the tolling of the Statute of Limitations being subsequently declared unconstitutional, is prospective or retrospective in application to an individual plaintiff.
*242Edwin C. Jones (hereinafter Jones)1 instituted this action on May 18, 1987, alleging injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
Jones, in his answers to interrogatories, indicated that he was informed by his family physician as early as 1983, that his chest x-rays reflected asbestosis. In August of 1984, Jones was admitted to Somerset Medical Center where he was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lopez v. SwyerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- State v. ProfaciSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- Coons v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
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