Legal Opinion
LaFage v. Jani
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 22, 2001PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
This is a medical malpractice-wrongful death case. The critical issue raised is whether our Wrongful Death Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:31-1 to -6, permits equitable tolling of its two-year statute of limitations for minors whose wrongful death claims were filed twenty-seven days late. The trial court held that the Wrongful Death Act permits such tolling. The Appellate Division declined to intervene on an interlocutory basis. We granted leave to appeal and hold that the Wrongful Death Act may be equitably tolled for minors. We do not reach the issue…
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