Stephens v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of US

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• holding that “this Court has also applied the three-year statute of limitations [in Mississippi Code Section 15-1-49] for fraudulent concealment, negligent hiring, and concealment
• holding that statute of limitations is tolled on claim when plaintiff can show (1) affirmative act on part of defendant to prevent discovery of claim, and (2) that plaintiff used due diligence to discover cause of action
• “insureds are bound as a matter of law by the knowledge of the contents of a contract in which they entered notwithstanding whether they actually read the policy”
• “[I]nsureds are bound as a matter of law by the knowledge of the contents of a contract in which they entered notwithstanding whether they actually read the policy[.]”
• relied on in Ross v. CitiFinancial, Inc., 344 F.3d 458 (5th. Cir. 2003)

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