Apr. 3, 2014
Plaintiffs' firm pickle after ruling reviving old claims
The Court of Appeal recently broke new ground by expanding the (delayed) discovery rule in a manner which will likely leave law firms - especially plaintiffs' firms - up in arms.
Brian S. Kabateck
Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP
Consumer rights
633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071
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Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.
Levi M. Plesset
Milstein, Adelman, Jackson, Fairchild & Wade LLPEmail: lplesset@mjfwlaw.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Last month, the Court of Appeal broke new ground by expanding the (delayed) discovery rule in a manner which will likely leave law firms - especially plaintiffs' firms - up in arms.
On Feb. 11, the 2nd District Court of Appeal released its opinion in Prakashpalan v. Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, 223 Cal. App. 4th 1105 (2014), allowing the plaintiffs to amend their complaint to set forth delayed discovery, entitling them to a tolling of the statute of the limitations under Prob...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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