How have courts interpreted italicized language in the statute of limitations where a plaintiff has filed a claim in a different court?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Koch v. Estrella, D072560 (Cal. App. 2018):

In the past, courts interpreting this italicized language fell into "two near-equal camps." (City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern (2014) 59 Cal.4th 618, 622 (City of Los Angeles).) Some applied the "grace period" approach, under which "the statute of limitations continues to run while the claim is pending in another forum. But the risk of a time bar is averted by according the plaintiff a fixed period in which to refile." (Artis,

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