AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. FERNANDEZ

No. 86-2556-EM.

830 F.2d 952 (1987)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Frank FERNANDEZ, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Wilke, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

John F. Triggs, for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

The question for decision in this case is whether the District Court1 was correct in holding that appellant's claim was barred by the Missouri2 statute of limitations and that this defense was so clearly meritorious that appellant is subject to sanctions under Rule 11 FRCP3 for filing suit after being notified by defendant-appellee's counsel of the...

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