Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided December 9, 1969No. 69-598-CivPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
FULTON, Chief Judge.
This is a diversity case in which the plaintiff is suing the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company for damages arising from the alleged negligent derailment of a Seaboard train upon which plaintiff was working as a pullman porter. Seaboard has moved for a summary judgment based upon the statute of limitations of the state where the accident occurred.
The complaint alleges that plaintiff was injured when the aforesaid accident occurred in Brundidge, Alabama, on March 24, 1968. Seaboard answered the complaint, asserting the affirmative defense of the statute of…
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