In Re Lauren Jane Andersen v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that timely filing suit against federal government in wrong district in federal court indicates diligent pursuit of lawsuit, and therefore, lawsuit should continue through transfer to proper venue
• applying equitable tolling for filing in wrong venue and recognizing policy reasons under the specific statutory scheme in question
• filing of suit in state court tolled federal statute of limitations despite subsequent dismissal for lack of venue so later filing in federal court not time barred
• tolling federal statute of limitations because plaintiff had originally filed in state court, where case was dismissed for improper venue
• whether period of limitations is tolled for Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) action brought before state court is determined by federal law
• “[N]o action shall be maintained ... unless commenced within three years of the day the cause of action accrued.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).