Does the statute of limitations apply to tolling in motor vehicle accidents?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lietzke v. City of Montgomery, No. 2:18-cv-2706 KJM DB PS (E.D. Cal. 2019):
42 U.S.C. 1983 does not contain a specific statute of limitations. "Without a federal limitations period, the federal courts 'apply the forum state's statute of limitations for personal injury actions, along with the forum state's law regarding tolling, including equitable tolling, except to the extent any of these laws is inconsistent with federal law.'" Butler v. National
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