Richard S. Lehman v. Margarita Arias Piza

WILSON, Circuit Judge:

Civil actions under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, are subject to a four-year statute of limitations. See Rotella v. Wood, 528 U.S. 549, 553, 120 S.Ct. 1075, 1080-81, 145 L.Ed.2d 1047 (2000). Under the “separate accrual” rule, “the commission of a separable, new predicate act within a 4-year limitations period permits a plaintiff to recover for the additional damages caused by that act.” Klehr v. A.O. Smith Corp., 521 U.S. 179, 190, 117 S.Ct. 1984, 1991, 138 L.Ed.2d 373 (1997) (discussing, without adopting, the…