Legal Opinion
George E. Pessotti v. Eagle Manufacturing Company, George E. Pessotti v. Eagle Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 18, 1991No. 90-2182, 90-2183PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Under the doctrine of relation back, an amended complaint can be treated, for purposes of the statute of limitations, as having been filed on the date of the original complaint. This diversity case presents several questions concerning choice of federal or state relation back law, the result dictated by that law, and the procedural mechanisms by which relation back questions may be raised and ruled upon.
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On May 12, 1979, appellant George Pes-sotti suffered severe burns when gasoline fumes were ignited by the pilot light on his kitchen stove. Pessotti had been…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by29 opinions
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