What are the elements of equitable estoppel to prevent a defendant from asserting a statute of limitations defense?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Mcbride's RV Storage, LLC v. City of Chino, D068045 (Cal. App. 2015):

In Honig v. San Francisco Planning Dept. (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 520, 529, the court outlined the four elements of equitable estoppel that generally must be established in order to prevent a defendant from asserting a statute of limitations defense:

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