Coots v. Southern Pacific Co.

I concur in the reversal of the judgment.

In my opinion, however, this court should more clearly set forth the rule for determining when the cause of action accrues and the statute of limitations commences to run in cases which are brought under the federal act and which involve progressive diseases. The majority opinion necessarily holds that the statute did not commence to run in this case at the time of the first minor manifestation of plaintiff’s dermatitis in 1949; but it implies that the statute may not have commenced to run until some five years thereafter when plaintiff became disabled…