PATTON v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

No. 07-CA-58742.

556 So.2d 679 (1989)

Robert L. PATTON and Esther R. Patton and Joan M. Haines, for Herself, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Kenneth V. Haines v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Pritchard, Henry P. Pate, III, Pascagoula, Ralph David Samuel, Samuel & Ballard, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

William L. McDonough, Jr., Bryant Colingo Williams & Clark, Gulfport, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PITTMAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This case presents the question whether a tort action brought by Pennsylvania plaintiffs against a Pennsylvania defendant arising out of a one vehicle accident on a Pennsylvania highway may be litigated in this state, notwithstanding that an action arising out of the same claim has been held by a Pennsylvania court barred by a Pennsylvania statute of limitations.

The Circuit Court dismissed the action as time barred. We reverse...

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