Flex-A-Seal, Inc. v. Safford

¶ 1. Plaintiff Flex-A-Seal, Inc. appeals from the dismissal of its complaint to renew a judgment against defendant Deborah Safford. The trial court found the complaint barred by the statute of limitations, 12 V.S.A. § 506. On appeal, Flex-A-Seal argues that: (1) the controlling judgment for statute-of-limitations purposes was issued in 2004, not 2002; (2) the statute of limitations was tolled by the terms of a 2002 settlement agreement between the parties and by Safford’s acknowledgment and partial payment of her debt; and (3) Safford should be equitably estopped from asserting the statute of…