{"id":14690,"date":"2018-02-25T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14690"},"modified":"2022-11-20T17:30:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:30:28","slug":"discovery-rule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14690","title":{"rendered":"discovery rule – delays the limitations period for injuries that are difficult to detect to when the plaintiff discovers the injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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discovery rule<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1916)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0Civil procedure<\/em>. The rule that a limitations period does not begin to run until the plaintiff discovers<\/strong> (or reasonably should have discovered) the injury giving rise to the claim. * The discovery rule usually applies to injuries that are inherently difficult to detect, such as those resulting from medical malpractice.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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