Jessica H. v. Allstate Insurance

Opinion

WORK, J.

A minor appeals a judgment dismissing her California action seeking contractual benefits of a no-fault insurance policy executed in compliance with the laws of Hawaii, after Allstate Insurance Company’s de murrer was sustained without leave to amend on the ground her contract action was subject to and barred by the special Hawaii statute of limitations contained in its no-fault statute, We reverse, holding general tolling statutes apply to special time limitations for filing suit contained in specific statutes in the absence of an expression of legislative intent to the…