Urland ex rel. Urland v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Dismissal of an action on the grounds of the statute of limitations is particularly anguishing when the victim is a minor, the injury grievous, and the alleged wrongful act repellent, if true. See O’Brien v. Eli Lilly & Co., 668 F.2d 704, 712 (3d Cir.1982) (Sloviter, J., concurring). Nonetheless, we are obliged to follow the applicable legal principles. Certainly a federal court sitting in diversity is not free to impose its notions of equity on state courts or on a state legislative body. We will affirm the entry of judgment for defendant in this…