Lakeman v. LaFrance

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing statute could be tolled on medical malpractice claim where defendant misrepresented progress of plaintiffs recovery
• \The nature of the case and of the relief sought must be looked to for the settlement of the constitutional question.\ (quotation marks omitted)
• no constitutional right to jury trial on claim that statute of limitations was tolled by fraudulent concealment because claim is equitable in nature
• parties disputed whether defendant entitled to jury trial to resolve statute of limitations issue
• “It is well established that our courts will not countenance fraudulent conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).