Legal Opinion
Anthony v. Abbott Laboratories
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 3, 1985No. 84-87-AppealPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island has certified the following question of law concerning the statute of limitations applicable to personal-injury claims as contained in G.L.1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-1-14, as amended by P.L.1976, ch. 188, § 1:1
“Did the limitations period for the purposes of the discovery rule adopted by Your Honors in Wilkinson v. Harrington, 104 R.I. 224, 243 A.2d 745 (1968), and recently amplified in Lee v. Morin, [RI, 469 A.2d 358 (1983)] begin to run when the plaintiffs in this action knew or should have…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- Wilkinson v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Ohler v. Tacoma General HospitalWashington Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co.California Supreme Court · 1988
- Pennwalt Corp. v. NasiosCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- Nicolo v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Lillicrap v. MartinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
- Franzen v. Deere and Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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