· 12/18/1974
Hardin v. Farris
Citations
- 530 P.2d 407
- 87 N.M. 143
How courts have described this case
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- holding that fraudulent concealment tolls the statute of limitations “until the right of action is discovered, or, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, could have been discovered”
- “Normally some positive act of concealment must be shown.... However, in a confidential relationship where there exists a duty to speak, such as in a doctor-patient relationship, mere silence constitutes fraudulent concealment.”
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Judges: Hernandez, Hendley, Sutin
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