Patrickson v. Dole Food Company, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

MeKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

This appeal challenges the circuit court’s grant of partial summary judgment against Plaintiffs on statute of limitations grounds. At issue on certiorari is whether the filing of a putative class action in another jurisdiction operated to toll this state’s statute of limitations, and, if so, at what point, under the particular circumstances of this case, did such tolling end. We hold that the filing of a putative class action in another jurisdiction does toll the statute of limitations in this state, as such “cross-jurisdictional tolling”…