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CONVERSE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 434, Docket 89-7702.

893 F.2d 513 (1990)

Marshall G. CONVERSE, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Austin D. Converse, Deceased and Jordan D. Converse, Deceased and Maria Converse, Plaintiffs, Marshall G. Converse, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Hamill Manufacturing Co., Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Century Products, Inc., and Gerber Products Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Sagarin, Milford, Conn. (Hurwitz & Sagarin, Milford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip S. Walker, Hartford, Conn., and Susan T. Dwyer, New York City (John S. Haverstock, Day Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn., Herrick, Feinstein, New York City, Edward J. Holahan, Bridgeport, Conn., Gerald H. Cooper, Orange, Conn., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KEARSE, ALTIMARI, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

The central question presented by this appeal is whether Connecticut state law governs the manner in which a federal diversity case arising under Connecticut law is to be considered commenced for purposes of the state statute of limitations, Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. § 52-577a (West Supp.1989). Plaintiff-appellant Marshall G. Converse appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his complaint, entered in the United States District Court for the...

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