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WALKER v. THIELEN MOTORS, INCORPORATED

No. 89-5593.

916 F.2d 450 (1990)

Winnie H. WALKER, Appellant, v. THIELEN MOTORS, INCORPORATED, Ted Thielen, individually, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Getsinger, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

James L. Haigh, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question whether federal or state procedural rules should govern the time an action is deemed commenced for purposes of the statute of limitations in a diversity action. The plaintiff, Winnie Walker, is a Tennessee resident, who was injured in an April 14, 1983, automobile accident in Marion County, Tennessee. The defendants, Ted Thielen and Thielen Motors, are Minnesota residents. On April 11, 1989, Walker filed...

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