Legal Opinion
Vitalo v. Cabot Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 3, 2005No. 03-1741PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to revisit the question of when Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations begins to run in a personal injury action alleging harm traceable to defendants’ beryllium plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Our Court examined four similar cases in Debiec v. Cabot Corporation, 352 F.3d 117 (3d Cir.2003).1 The law applied is well understood — the statute of limitations begins to run when a person knows, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, s/he has been injured and someone else caused that injury. A complication arises…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Denise Bohus v. Stanley A. BeloffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Cathcart v. Keene Industrial InsulationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Cochran v. GAF Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Elvira Pamintuan, M. D. v. Nanticoke Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Dalrymple v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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3Cited by33 opinions
- American Automobile Insurance v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Huu Nam Tran v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Kwok LamCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Knopick v. ConnellyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Caroline Dellapenna v. Tredyffrin/easttown School DisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Terrell v. City of Harrisburg Police DepartmentDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
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