KEYSTONE INS. CO. v. HOUGHTON

No. 88-1405.

863 F.2d 1125 (1988)

KEYSTONE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. HOUGHTON, Joseph, Houghton, Donna Livoy, Cassidy, John, Cassidy, Kathleen, Livoy, Frank.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Colas Carroll, M. Patricia Carroll (argued), Carroll & Carroll, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Joseph Houghton and Donna Houghton.

Elizabeth K. Ainslie (argued), Ainslie & Schenck, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, MANSMANN and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

We are presented in this civil RICO action with the facial issue of whether Keystone Insurance Company's cause of action against their insureds who filed fraudulent claims is barred by the civil RICO four year statute of limitations. We must perforce address the complex threshold problem of when a civil RICO cause of action accrues, an issue which the Supreme Court reserved in Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley...

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