Christy v. Miulli

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• holding that the statute of limitations for loss of spousal consortium claims begins to run on the date the surviving spouse learns of the decedent spouse's death
• concluding the doctrine of fraudulent concealment es-topped a defendant from asserting a statute-of-limitations defense, but noting the discovery rule is a separate question from fraudulent concealment
• acknowledging a child’s claim can be “prosecuted independently if the wrongful death claim is already barred under paragraph (a) of section 614.1(9)”
• acknowledging a child’s claim can be “prosecuted independently if the wrongful death claim is already barred under paragraph (a) of section 614.1(9)”
• \[A] patient's knowledge of pertinent facts and circumstances may affect the reasonableness of his [or her] continued reliance on a tortfeasor's representations.\
• the purpose of the equitable estoppel doctrine is to prevent a party from benefitting from a fraud that has prevented the other party from timely asserting its claim

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