Maty v. Grasselli Chemical Co.

Petitioner (plaintiff) filed a complaint alleging that he was injured while employed in the silicate department of respondent’s (defendant’s) chemical plant. Later, and more than two years after the date of his injuries, he amended his complaint. The only effect of the amend ment was to broaden the description of the place of employment where the injuries were sustained so as to include the phosphate department located in the same plant but in a different building 500 feet removed from the silicate department.

The sole question is: Did the New Jersey statute of limitations of two years bar the…