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← 43 PACOMMW 113 - Helstrom v. Commonwealth

Helstrom v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

1979

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1990
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 102 Pa. Super. 242 - Ratto v. Pennsylvania Coal Co. · 191 Pa. Super. 59 - Thorn v. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER · 159 Pa. Super. 226 - Lewis v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. · 201 Pa. Super. 367 - Segal v. SEGAL · Schrecengost v. O. K. Heilman Trucking Co.

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Section 315 is not a pure statute of limitations, but rather is a statute of repose; when the limitation period expires, the right and the remedy sought to be pursued are extinguished. Segal v. Segal, 201 Pa. Superior Ct. 367, 370 , 191 A.2d 858, 860 (1963); Ratto v. Pennsylvania Coal Co., 102 Pa. Superior Ct. 242 , 156 A. 749 (1931)... . Time is of the essence in filing a claim petition. If the petition is not filed within the applicable statute of limitations period (here two years after the compensation paid to Petitioner in February, 1971), the claim is forever barred. (Emphasis in original.)”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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