Statute of Limitations and Fraudulent Concealment
Synthèse Legislator
Généré par l'IAThe court considered whether a statutory period of limitations for bringing an action applied, where the plaintiff claimed the defendant had fraudulently concealed the underlying facts constituting the cause of action. The court reasoned that the statute of limitations began to run from the time the plaintiff knew, or by exercising reasonable diligence should have known, of the injury and its cause, and that fraudulent concealment by the defendant, where proven, tolls the running of the statute until the plaintiff discovers the fraud or could have discovered it through reasonable diligence.
Regeste Legislator
Généré par l'IAArt. 66 al. 1 LTF; Statute of Limitations and Fraudulent Concealment: The court reasoned that the statute of limitations began to run from the time the plaintiff knew, or by exercising reasonable diligence should have known, of the injury and its cause, and that fraudulent concealment by the defendant, where proven, tolls the running of the statute until the plaintiff discovers the fraud or could have discovered it through reasonable diligence.
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