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· 1/29/2001

Robert Campbell v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company

Citations

  • 238 F.3d 772
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 1140
  • 2001 WL 65078

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that, because it is an affirmative defense, “the burden is on the defendant to show that the statute of limitations has run”
  • explaining that the statute of limitations is an affirmative defense, and Athe burden is on the defendant to show that the statute of limitations has run.@
  • explaining that once the defendant has shown that the statute of limitations has run, the burden shifts to plaintiff to establish an exception to the statute of limitations
  • requiring, in FELA context, that plaintiff show entitlement to equitable tolling once defendant has demonstrated that statute has run
  • “Because the statute of limitations is an affirmative defense, the burden is on the defendant to show that the statute of limitations has run.”
  • “Because the statute of limitations is an affirmative defense, the burden is on the defendant to show that the statute of limitations has run.”

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Judges: Wellford, Siler, Batchelder

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