BRITT v. ARVANITIS

No. 78-1302.

590 F.2d 57 (1978)

Thomas M. BRITT and Anne Britt, Appellants, v. Cyril S. ARVANITIS, M. D., Monmouth Medical Center, Felix Pilla, Administrator of Monmouth Medical Center and John Doe, a Manufacturer of wire surgical sutures, Ethicon, Inc., a corporation of the State of New Jersey (formerly impleaded as John Doe, etc.).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Schnitzer, Larry I. Zucker, Freeman, Friedman, Wilson & Carney, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

John N. Beidler, Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, Princeton, N. J., for appellees.

Before ROSENN and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and HANNUM, District Judge.


OPINION

HANNUM, District Judge.

(I) INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from the Order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing appellants' suit for products liability as barred by the New Jersey Statute of Limitations which provides:

N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2. 2 Years; actions for injuries to persons by wrongful act. Every action at law for an injury to the person caused by wrongful act, neglect...

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