Legal Opinion
Easley v. Pettibone Michigan Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1993No. 92-1382PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
We certified this interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 to determine whether plaintiffs’ filing of their products liability suit against defendants during the pen-dency of an automatic bankruptcy stay was sufficient commencement of the action for purposes of complying with the applicable statute of limitations. We reverse the District Court’s order and remand the case for dismissal for the reasons set forth below.
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This case has a long procedural history. In July 1985, Carl Easley, Jr., a General Motors employee, was injured while operating a forklift that he…
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