HAMILTON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 72-1960.

490 F.2d 223 (1973)

Ethelyn Wheeler HAMILTON et al., as Co-Executors of Estate of Harold L. Hamilton, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. McConnell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. Leslie Hodson and Frank Cicero, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, SPRECHER, Circuit Judge and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The primary question posed by this diversity appeal is when does the statute of limitations commence to run in regard to a claim for services performed by a major witness in complex litigation: when what turns out to be the last service is performed or later when the litigation is concluded? The answer requires the resolution of the more fundamental problem of whether public policy permits any compensation to be paid to a non-expert witness...

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