Booth v. Carnival Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
522 F.3d 1148 · 2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently June 2023
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · Kornberg v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. · Justice v. United States · Cabello v. Fernández-Larios
Most-quoted passages
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“The Eleventh Circuit in Booth held that, under nearly identical circumstances to the instant case, equitable tolling was appropriate: Booth initially timely filed suit in a state court of competent jurisdiction. Despite the state courts’ eventual ruling that venue was improper, which ruling resulted in dismissal, Booth in no way slept on his claims against Carnival. Even though Booth filed the instant federal suit after the contractual limitation period had run, Carnival was aware within the limitation period that Booth was actively pursuing his cause of action. The underlying policy of repose, reflected in the agreed-upon limitation period, and designed to assure fairness to Carnival, is not violated by equitable tolling in this case. To the contrary, the interests of justice are best served here ... by allowing the parties to resolve Booth’s claims on the merits. Id. at 1152.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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