Legal Opinion
Jones v. Rabinowitz
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 14, 1969No. 68-851PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This case arises from personal injuries allegedly sustained by the minor plaintiff on defendant’s land in Delaware on July 29, 1963. Suit was started on April 19, 1968. Defendant has asserted the Pennsylvania Statute of Limitations, Act of June 24, 1895, P.L. 236, § 2, 12 P.S. § 34, as an affirmative defense and has moved to dismiss.
Sitting as a diversity court, we are of course bound to apply Pennsylvania conflict of laws rules. Klaxon Company v. Stentor Manufacturing Company, 313 U.S. 487, 61 S.Ct. 1020, 85 L.Ed. 1477 (1941). And…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Foley v. the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Nesbitt v. Erie Coach Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Rosenzweig v. HellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Schmucker v. NaugleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hill v. Septa, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1974
- Myrick v. JamesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Myrick v. JamesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Schwartz v. Board of School Directors, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1975