Sharbono v. Universal Underwriters Insurance

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• holding that doctrine of equitable estoppel may toll the operation of the workmen’s compensation statute of repose
• enumerating specific conduct that would toll the statute of repose of the Workmen’s Compensation Act
• “The limitations provision ... creates a very specific and limited right to receive compensation.... Therefore, nothing ... can act to override or circumvent this clear and limiting right to compensation.”
• “In contrast to statutes of limitations that limit the time in which a party may pursue a certain remedy, statutes of repose completely extinguish a claimant’s substantive right, not just the remedy, if he or she fails to claim a right to compensation within the time limits of the statute”

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