Eleventh Circuit· 12/1/1997
White v. Mercury Marine
Citations
- 129 F.3d 1428
- 1998 A.M.C. 305
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 33791
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- holding that when Congress uses the word “accrue,” they mean when the plaintiff has discovered their injury
- explaining that we ordinarily presume that Congress “act[s] with the knowledge of existing law and interpretations when it passes new legislation”
- explaining that we ordinarily presume that Congress “act[s] with the knowledge of existing law and interpretations when it passes new legislation”
- refusing to apply the discovery rule to a maritime worker’s claim against a manufacturer of marine engines for hearing loss he suffered in the course of three decades of occupational exposure
- “Congress is assumed to act with the knowledge of existing law and interpretations when it passes new legislation.”
- \Congress is assumed to act with the knowledge of existing law and interpretations when it passes new legislation.\
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Judges: Anderson, Dubina, Carnes
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