{"id":14696,"date":"2018-02-25T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14696"},"modified":"2018-09-01T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T18:37:09","slug":"accrual-rule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14696","title":{"rendered":"accrual rule – delays the limitations period to when the plaintiff discovers the facts which form the bases for a cause of action (often in fraud cases)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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accrual rule<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1939)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A doctrine delaying the existence of a claim until the plaintiff has discovered it.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The accrual rule arose in fraud cases<\/a> as an exception to the general limitations rule<\/a> that a claim comes into existence once the plaintiff knows, or with due diligence should know, facts to form the bases for a cause of action<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 See Merck & Co. v. Reynolds<\/em>, 559 U.S. 633, 646-47, 130 S.Ct. 1784, 1794-95 (2010)<\/span><\/strong>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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