What is the test for equitably estopped to assert that the statute of limitations has expired?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Vaden v. Outfitter Ventures, LLC, H044130 (Cal. App. 2018):
"A defendant whose conduct induced [a] plaintiff[] to refrain from filing suit within the [limitations] period might be equitably estopped to assert that the statute of limitations had expired." (Lantzy v. Centex Homes (2003) 31 Cal.4th 363, 367.) It is a "venerable principle" that " ' "[o]ne cannot justly or equitably lull his adversary into a false sense of security, and thereby cause his adversary to subject his claim to the bar of
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