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Statue of Limitations What happens when time expires?
Tolling will prevent the time for filing suit from running while the condition exists. Examples of such circumstances are if the aggrieved party (plaintiff) is a minor or the defendant has filed a bankruptcy proceeding. In those instances in most jurisdictions the running of limitations is tolled until the circumstance (i.e. the injured party reaches majority in the former or the bankruptcy proceeding is concluded in the latter) no longer exists. If you want expert advice on the issue - Submit your Request hereIt may also be inequitable to allow a defendant to use the defense of the running of the limitations period such as the case of an individual in the position of authority over someone else who intimidates the victim into never reporting the wrongdoing or where one is led to believe that the other party has agreed to suspend the limitations period during good faith settlement negotiations or due to a fraudulent misrepresentation. If you want expert advice on the issue - Submit your Request hereGenerally speaking in the case of private civil matters the limitations period may be shortened or lengthened by agreement of the parties. While such limitations periods generally are issues of law limitations periods known as laches may apply in situations of equity i.e. a judge will not issue an injunction if the party requesting the injunction waited too long to ask for it such periods are not clearly defined and are subject to broad judicial discretion. |
