Parker v. Piskur

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• “The language of Rule 103(b) protects minors from a shortening of the statute of limitations applicable to them in a case where the defendant is entitled to a dismissal.”
• the plaintiffs delay in service was excused when settlement negotiations were active but was not excused when the plaintiff waited 16 months after settlement negotiations had ended and 18 months after the suit had been filed
• the defendant was estopped from raising delayed service because it advised service was not necessary in light of imminent settlement, but the defendant was not estopped from asserting lack of diligence in delay of service occurring after settlement negotiations ended
• the plaintiff's delay in service was excused when settlement negotiations were active but was not excused when the plaintiff waited 16 months after 6 settlement negotiations had ended and 18 months after the suit had been filed
• the defendant was estopped from raising delayed service because it advised service was not necessary in light of imminent settlement, but the defendant was not estopped from asserting lack of diligence in delay of service occurring after settlement negotiations ended

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).