GRASSO v. McDONOUGH POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.

Docket No. 24212.

264 Cal.App.2d 597 (1968)

70 Cal. Rptr. 458

MARY GRASSO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. McDONOUGH POWER EQUIPMENT, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

August 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand, Ellis J. Horvitz and Jerry D. Whatley for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dryden, Harrington & Swartz and Vernon G. Foster for Defendant and Respondent.


DEVINE, P.J.

The question is whether a person who has been sentenced to a life term in a state prison, but whose civil rights have been restored for the purpose of bringing a particular action, is entitled to tolling of the statute of limitations during the time of his or her disability.

Mary Grasso, plaintiff and appellant, was sentenced to a life term of imprisonment. At the time of the commencement of this action on June 4, 1965, her term had not been fixed...

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