Can an action for wrongful dismissal be brought after the statute of limitations has expired?

" ' "Equitable estoppel, . . . comes into play only after the limitations period has run and addresses . . . the circumstances in which a party will be estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense to an admittedly untimely action because his [or her] conduct has induced another into forbearing suit within the applicable limitations period." ' " (Lantzy v. Centex Homes (2003) 31 Cal.4th 363, 383.) Thus, under the doctrine of equitable estoppel an action filed after the limitations period has expired may proceed " '[w]here the plaintiff is unaware of the identity of the wrongdoer and this is

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