Gordon v. Connell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that one need not know full extent of one’s damages before limitation period begins to run, as statute of limitations can be triggered at some time before full extent of damages is sustained
• stating “[t]he point at which a statute of limitations begins to run must be determined from the facts of each case[.]”
• indicating that “a showing of a recognizable legal disability, separate from the mere fact of imprisonment, which prevents a person from protecting his or her rights is required to entitle a prisoner to have the statute of limitations tolled during imprisonment”
• “[O]ne need not know the full extent of one’s damages before the limitations period begins to run.”
• discovery occurs when party knows of facts sufficient to put person of ordinary intel- ligence and prudence on inquiry which, if pursued, would lead to discovery of facts constituting basis of cause of action
• “[A] showing of a recognizable legal disability, separate from the mere fact of imprisonment, which prevents a person from protecting his or her rights is required to entitle a prisoner to have the statute of limitations tolled during imprisonment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).