Legal Opinion
Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1959No. 446PublishedCited by 547 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
In 1957 petitioner brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for an industrial disease he allegedly contracted in 1952 while working for respondent. Although § 6 of the Act provides that “No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless commenced within three years from the day the cause of action accrued,” petitioner claimed that respondent was estopped from raising this limitation because it had induced the delay by representing to petitioner .that he had seven years in which to sue. Respondent contended that while estoppel often prevents…
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