Smile v. Lawson

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• explaining fraudulent concealment tolls the limitation period until the “plaintiff discovers, or by exercise of reasonable diligence could have discovered, that he has a cause of action”
• “The Missouri rule relating to the fraudulent concealment, of a cause of action as it affects the tolling of statutes of limitations is in keeping with the decisions in a majority of the states.”

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Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation
  S.D. California· 2017-03-14· cited 48×
• Batek v. Curators of the University of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-04-23· cited 36×
• Anderson v. Dyer
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1970-06-26· cited 30×
• M & D ENTERPRISES, INC. v. Wolff
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1996-05-20· cited 26×
• Memco, Inc. v. Chronister
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-09-27· cited 26×
• Shaw v. Clough
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 19×
• Klippel v. Watkins
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-01-31· cited 18×
• Pitman Manufacturing Co. v. Centropolis Transfer Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-12-14· cited 18×
• Hasenyager v. Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-10-01· cited 17×
• Kauchick v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-11-25· cited 16×
• Cox v. Upjohn Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1996-01-02· cited 16×
• Smile v. Lawson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1974-02-11· cited 11×
• Miller v. Guze
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-10-29· cited 10×
• Brewington v. Raksakulthi
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-06-12· cited 9×
• DeRousse v. PPG Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-03-11· cited 9×
• Shockley v. Sander
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-11-25· cited 7×
• Tayborn v. Burstein
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-03-01· cited 7×
• Wilson v. Jackson
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1992-01-28· cited 4×
• Spradley v. St. Mary's Hospital
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-04-05· cited 2×
• Johnson v. Grim-Smith Hospital
  E.D. Missouri· 1971-04-15· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wood v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court· 1879-12-22· cited 715×
• Billings v. Sisters of Mercy of Idaho
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1964-01-24· cited 108×
• Laughlin v. Forgrave
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-09-09· cited 96×
• Hundley v. Martinez
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1967-12-12· cited 79×
• E. O. Dorsch Electric Co. v. Plaza Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-04-10· cited 77×
• Cooper Ex Rel. Cooper v. Finke
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1964-02-10· cited 74×
• Shelby County v. Bragg
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1896-06-30· cited 47×
• Kauchick v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-11-25· cited 16×
• Wood v. James B. Nutter & Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-07-10· cited 14×
• Davis v. Carp
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1914-06-02· cited 12×
• Robinson v. Bench
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1966-12-12· cited 5×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-10-03· cited 4×
• Yust v. Barnett
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-09-09· cited 3×

Other cases named Smile v. Lawson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Smile v. Lawson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1974-02-11· cited 11×