Legal Opinion
Grimes v. Housing Authority
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 29, 1997No. SC 15518PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BERDON, J.
This certified appeal raises two distinct issues: (1) whether the commencement of a class action tolls the statute of limitations for all individual claims by purported members of the class who would have been parties had the class not subsequently been limited; and (2) whether the statute of limitations set forth in General Statutes § 52-584,1 was, under the circumstances of this case, tolled until the class finally was certified.
On March 11, 1988, the plaintiffs, Delores Grimes and her mother, Ethel Grimes, brought an action for damages for personal injuries they received…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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