Legal Opinion
Walter W. Wright v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1975No. 75-1120PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal, 28 U.S.C., § 1292(b), from an order denying a defense motion to dismiss a diversity personal injury action brought in Louisiana by a Georgia resident against a now bankrupt Louisiana corporation and its liability insurer. The District Court held that the prescription issue was governed by the two year Georgia statute of limitations, not the one year Louisiana statute. For the reasons hereinafter appearing, we reverse.
In Atlanta, Georgia, on July 26, 1972, Walter W. Wright was injured, allegedly by the negligence of certain Lurgi-Knost agents and…
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