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ROBINSON v. WILLOW GLEN ACADEMY

No. 89-1056.

895 F.2d 1168 (1990)

Lynda Dyer ROBINSON, Administrator of the Estate of William Dyer, deceased, Tracy Barnes, Terry Dyer, and Mark Dyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WILLOW GLEN ACADEMY and/or Juneau Academy, Gail Braun, James Balistreiri and Henry Green, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1990.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Llwellyn L. Greene-Thapedi, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard R. Lichter, Milwaukee, Wis., for Willow Glen Academy.

Douglas J. Carroll, Arnold, Murray, O'Neill & Schimmel, Milwaukee, Wis., for Juneau Academy, Gail Braun, James Balistreiri and Henry Green.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE and DUMBAULD, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether, under Wisconsin law, a voluntarily dismissed federal diversity suit tolls the statute of limitations for negligence actions. This case arises out of the drowning death on August 16, 1984 of the 17 year-old son of Lynda Dyer Robinson. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on August 14, 1986, alleging negligence and naming as defendants...

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