Wiggins v. Edwards

How courts have described this case

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• holding that under the discovery rule, the important date is the date of discovery of the injury, not the date of discovery of the wrongdoer
• holding the statute of limitations for personal injury claims arising from a car accident begins to run on the date of the accident
• using \begins to run” language when discussing section 15-3-535 and \tolling” language when discussing section 15-3-40
• stating a defendant may be estopped from claiming the statute of limitations as a defense if the defendant’s conduct induced the delay
• requiring an injured party to \act with some promptness where the facts and circumstances of an injury would put a person of common knowledge and experience on notice that some right of his has been invaded or that some claim against another party might exist\
• summary judgment appropriate even though plaintiff was \confused\ and \disoriented\ for ten days after accident when she did not lose consciousness or sustain head injury in accident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).