WRIGHT v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 75-1120.

522 F.2d 1376 (1975)

Walter W. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. G. Seale, John W. Swanner, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

Sam J. D'Amico, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Erwin A. LaRose, Baton Rouge, La., for James R. Douglas, Etc.

Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 2, 1976.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal, 28 U.S.C., § 1292(b), from an order denying a defense motion to dismiss a diversity personal injury action brought in Louisiana by a Georgia resident against a now bankrupt Louisiana corporation and its liability insurer. The District Court held that the prescription issue was governed by the two year Georgia statute of limitations, not the one year Louisiana...

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