SIDES v. RICHARD MACHINE WORKS, INC.

No. 12508.

406 F.2d 445 (1969)

Robert William SIDES, Appellant, v. RICHARD MACHINE WORKS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan D. Zaleski, Norfolk, Va. (Richard J. Tavss, and Sacks, Sacks, Kendall & Tavss, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Canoles & Mastracco, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellee.

Emanuel Emroch and Robert G. Clark, Richmond, Va., filed a brief, as amicus curiae, in support of appellant.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

The determinative inquiry here is at what point did the plaintiff-appellant's right of action for personal injuries accrue within the meaning of the Virginia act of limitations. As bearing here, the statute demands that every such action "shall be brought within two years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued". Va.Code 1950, as amended § 8-24. With jurisdiction resting on diversity of citizenship, the State...

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