Legal Opinion
Booth v. Carnival Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2008No. 07-10689PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Carnival Corporation (“Carnival”) appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss. Carnival argues that the district court should have dismissed the instant wrongful death suit because the suit was filed after the expiration of a one-year contractual limitation period. The district court, however, in a particularly well-reasoned order, held that the limitation period was subject to equitable tolling during the pendency of the plaintiffs parallel suit in a state court of competent jurisdiction. In reaching its conclusion, the district court emphasized…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Irwin v. Department of Veterans AffairsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Burnett v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Albert Kornberg and Laura Kornberg v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Roger Justice v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Elsa Cabello v. Armando Fernandez-LariosCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Johnson v. GreavesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
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