Legal Opinion

Barbara Young, Personal Representative of the Estate of James Young, Deceased v. Clantech, Inc

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 23, 1988No. 88-5444PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

I

The disposition of this case depends upon whether New Jersey’s statute of limitations is tolled when a plaintiff files a lawsuit against a defendant in a court which does not have in personam jurisdiction over the defendant. Because we conclude that the New Jersey statute of limitations is not tolled by the filing of such a lawsuit, we affirm the district court’s grant of the defendant’s motion to dismiss.

II

According to the complaint filed by the plaintiff Barbara Young, James Young was killed in an industrial accident in Ontario, Canada on August 29, 1983, while he was…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited3 opinions

Galligan v. Westfield Centre Service, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
Kaczmarek v. New Jersey Turnpike AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
Ellis v. LynchDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1952

4Cited by13 opinions

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Sophie Levy and Edgar Levy v. Pyramid Company of Ithaca and Pyramid Mall Ithaca Merchants, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
Island Insteel Systems, Inc. v. WatersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
Mitzner v. West Ridgelawn Cemetery, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
Jaworowski v. CiasulliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007

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