Legal Opinion

Herschel W. Peterson and First Midwest Bank, as Executors of the Estate of David Peterson v. Sealed Air Corporation

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 21, 1990No. 89-2127PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The district court certified for an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) the question whether Illinois would extend the statute of limitations for a person who suffered a traumatic injury out of which diseases later develop. We accepted the appeal. Because an appeal under § 1292(b) brings up the entire case, Edwardsville National Bank & Trust Co. v. Marion Laboratories, Inc., 808 F.2d 648, 650-51 (7th Cir.1987), the court requested the parties to address three additional questions that also might be dispositive. One was whether the defendant received…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Schiavone v. FortuneSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Nolan v. Johns-Manville AsbestosIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Richard Lewellen v. William MorleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by27 opinions

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  4. General Parker v. Scheck Mechanical, Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
  5. Donald A. Horwitz and Wesco Products Company v. Alloy Automotive Company, Sheldon Gray and Avrum GrayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992

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