Actions; limitation; concurrent jurisdiction of courts
United States Code
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- 2026Angela Redford, Administrator of the Estate of Randall Redford v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company CL22-11540 Va. Cir. Ct.
- 2025Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Donald Evans Ga. Ct. App.
- 2025Michael Waller v. Kansas City Southern Railway Company La. Ct. App.
- 2025Fisher v. First Community Insurance Company M.D. Fla.
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- 2025Castanon v. Illinois Central Railroad Company N.D. Ill.
- 2025Chapoy v. Union Pacific Railroad 5th Cir.
- 2025Morris v. BNSF Railway Company W.D. Wash.
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- 2024Flyland Designs, Inc. v. Jake's Fireworks, Inc. D. Kan.
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No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless commenced within three years from the day the cause of action accrued. Under this chapter an action may be brought in a district court of the United States, in the district of the residence of the defendant, or in which the cause of action arose, or in which the defendant shall be doing business at the time of commencing such action. The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under this chapter shall be concurrent with that of the courts of the several States. (Source: (Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 6, 35 Stat. 66; Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, § 1, 36 Stat. 291; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, § 2, 53 Stat. 1404; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 18, 62 Stat. 989.))