Robert James Richards v. Milton Stanley Mileski (Two Cases)

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• finding that statute of limitations began to run later for claim of intentional wrongdoing than for claim of wrongful discharge where defendants had concealed their wrongdoing
• holding “mere ignorance of the law does not ordinarily toll the statute of limitations”
• noting that “[u]nder the law of the District of Columbia, fraudulent concealment requires that the defendant commit some positive act tending to conceal the cause of action from the 16 plaintiff”
• requiring defendants conceal “not only their involvement, but the very conduct itself” to prove fraudulent concealment
• commenting on the “inherent problem in using a motion to dismiss for purposes of raising a statute of limitations defense”
• commenting on the “inherent problem in using a motion to dismiss for purposes of raising a statute of limitations defense”

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