Supreme Court of Vermont· 9/22/2000

Longe v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Citations

762 A.2d 1248
171 Vt. 214
2000 Vt. LEXIS 252

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concluding that legislative intent was clear because Legislature knows how to impose duties on employers and create equitable tolling provisions but chose not to with respect to workers’ compensation statute
concluding that legislative intent was clear because Legislature knows how to impose duties on employers and create equitable tolling provisions but chose not to with respect to workers’ compensation statute
concluding that legislative intent was clear because Legislature knows how to impose duties on employers and create equitable tolling provisions but chose not to with respect to workers’ compensation statute
holding that statute of limitations for filing notice of hearing did not begin to run until claimant’s work injury became “reasonably discoverable and apparent,” which was no later than date on which he reached his medical end result
if party seeking relief allows statute of limitations to expire, absent circumstances sufficient to invoke equitable estoppel or equitable tolling, party has no right to relief
“[T]he Legislature knows how to create an equitable tolling provision when it wishes to do so.”

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