Workers' Comp Appeal Tolls the Statute in a Negligence Case Arising from the Same Facts

Hopkins v. Kedzierski, No. D063392 (D4d1 Apr. 16, 2014)

I’ve previously discussed the confusing set of doctrines that fall under the rubric of “equitable estoppel” in California. This case deals with the different—although similarly named—doctrine of equitable tolling. Like some kinds of equitable estoppel, equitable tolling can affect the running of the statute of limitations, but it comes up under different circumstances and has less to do with the acts of the defendant than the lack of prejudice to it.