Legal Opinion
Bradford v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided April 30, 1984No. Civ. 81-3163PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STAKER, District Judge.
Presently before the court in this convoluted case are the motions of the third-party defendants to dismiss the third-party complaint as being barred by the statute of limitations and/or laches or, alternatively, for failure to state a claim. Intertwined with these issues is the question of whether the claims raised in the third-party complaint are governed by maritime law under the court’s admiralty jurisdiction or by the applicable state law under diversity jurisdiction.
The original plaintiff, Bruce Bradford, brought his action under general maritime…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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