Legal Opinion
Bond v. Serano
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1989No. 88-280PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Per curiam
The Superior Court dismissed appellant’s suit for personal injury against the District of Columbia and other defendants on the ground that the three-year statute of limitations governing such actions had expired. Appellant concedes that the statute of limitations had run, but urges this court to apply principles of equitable tolling and to hold that his earlier suit against the District of Columbia filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging the same cause of action, but which had been dismissed by that court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, tolled…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Collier v. City of PasadenaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
- Galligan v. Westfield Centre Service, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Rieser v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Long v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Simpson v. District of Columbia Office of Human RightsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- East v. Graphic Arts Industry Joint Pension TrustDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
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