Putter v. North Shore University Hospital

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• holding equitable estoppel “inappropriate as a matter of law” because defendant’s alleged misstatement “did not alter [plain tiff’s] timely awareness of the facts requiring him to make further inquiry before the statute of limitations expired”
• “[G]iven [the plaintiffs] level of awareness ..., equitable estoppel is inappropriate as a matter of law.”
• “A plaintiff seeking to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel must establish that subsequent and specific actions by defendants somehow kept [him or her] from timely bringing suit.” (alteration in original
• “A plaintiff seeking to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel must establish that subsequent and specific actions by defendants somehow kept [him or her] from timely bringing suit.” (alteration in original) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “Equitable estoppel is appropriate where the plaintiff is prevented from filing an action within the applicable statute of limitations due to his or her reasonable reliance on deception, fraud or misrepresentations by the defendant.”
• “A plaintiff seeking to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel must establish that subsequent and specific actions by defendants somehow kept [him or her] from timely bringing suit.” (alteration in original) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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