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9th Circuit: Equitable Estoppel Applies Where Fraudulent Concealment by Police Thwarts Filing of Claim within Statute of Limitations Period
The Ninth Circuit has held that the doctrine of equitable estoppel can save a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against an otherwise-applicable statute of limitations bar, where although a plaintiff believes she has a cause of action, she is dissuaded from timely filing as the result of affirmative …
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