Legal Opinion
Pine v. Eli Lilly & Co.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided May 14, 1985PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HAVEY, J.A.D.
The question raised by this appeal, on leave granted,1 is whether New Jersey, as the forum State, should apply its statute of limitations and “discovery rule” to a tort action when the underlying wrongful act occurred in the state of New York, while plaintiff was a New York domiciliary, but who, after the New York statute of limitations had run, established a New Jersey domicile and thereafter instituted this suit.
On appeal, defendant drug companies challenge the trial court’s application of our statute of limitations and “discovery rule”…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of WestfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
- Lopez v. SwyerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Heavner v. Uniroyal, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Mellk v. SarahsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- Burd v. New Jersey Telephone CompanySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1999
- Gantes v. Kason Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1996
- Li Fu v. Hong FuSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- D'AGOSTINO v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
- Dent v. CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
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