# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Ja m es Edward Tho rn be rg
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ff - App el la nt

v.
St at e Far m

Fir e an d C as ua lt y

Co m pa ny; Dale Gerd in ; Ca ro l Ger di n; Jo hn & Ja ne Doe s 1 -5

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Dis tri ct of M in ne so ta - Mi nn eap ol is

__ __ __ __ __ __ Su bm it te d: Marc h 2 9, 2 01 6 Fi le d: Apri l 5 , 20 16 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

__ __ __ __ __ __ PER CURI AM.In th is di ve rs it y act io n, Ja m es Tho rn be rg ap pe al s th e ad ve rs e jud gm en t en te red

aft er th e di st ric t co ur t de te rm in ed th at hi s co m pl ai n t was ba rred by th e ap pl ic ab le 1
st at ut e o f li m it at io ns

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Upo n care fu l de no vo rev ie w, we co nc lu de th a t M r

. Tho rn be rg ’s own
co m pl ai n t , f i l ed in 20 14 , e st ab li sh ed th at hi s cl ai m s accr ue d in 19 99 an d th us were
un ti m el y un de r th e ap pl ic ab le si x- y ear st at ut e of li m it at io ns

. See St rawn v. Mo

. St at e Bd

. of Edu c., 21 0 F.3 d 95 4, 95 7 (8 th Ci r. 20 00 ) (s ta nd ard of rev ie w); se e al so Mi nn

. St at

. § 54 1.0 5 su bd iv

. 1 (s ix -y ear st at ut e of li m it at io ns fo r cert ai n ci vi l act io ns ). W e
no te th at Mr. Th o r n be rg was no t en ti tl ed to eq ui ta bl e to ll in g ba se d on frau du le nt

co nc eal m en t, as hi s co m

pl ai nt sh owe d he was aware of hi s cl ai m s in 19 99

. See Mi nn

. Lab or ers Heal th an d W el fare Fu nd v. Gran it e Re, In c., 84 4 N.W .2d 50 9, 51 4 (Mi nn

. 20 14 ) (fra ud ul en t co nc eal m en t to ll s st at ut e of li m it at io ns on ly un ti l pa rty di sc ov ers , or ha s reas on to di sc ov er, cau se of act io n)

. W e al so no te th at --ev en as su m in g he was
en ti tl ed to st at ut or y to ll in g ba se d on an im pa ire d m en ta l st at e--h is cl ai m s were
no ne th el es s ti m e-b arre d, as su ch to ll in g is li m it ed to fi v e ye ars

. See Mi nn

. St at

. § 54 1.1 5( a) (li m it at io ns pe rio d sh al l be su sp en de d du rin g pe rio ds of , in te r a l i a , pl ai nt iff ’s in sa ni ty, pr ov id ed th at su ch pe rio d sh al l no t be ex te nd ed fo r m or e th an fiv e y ears ). Fi na ll y , we co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t pr op erl y de ni ed Mr. Tho rn be rg ’s

m ot io n to am en d hi s com pl ai nt , an d hi s m ot io n to st ay th e co ur t’s rul in g. See Si lv a

v. Met ro

. Life In s. Co., 76 2 F.3 d 71 1, 71 9- 20 (8 th Ci r. 20 14 ) (co ur t m ay de ny le av e to am en d whe n pr op os ed am en dm en ts wou ld be fu tile); se e al so Tob en v. Bri dg es to ne Ret ai l Op erat io ns , LLC, 75 1 F.3 d 88 8, 89 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 14 ) (to ob ta in st ay of r ul in g
on su m m ary jud gm en t m ot io n, p a r t y m us t fil e affi da vi t affi rm at iv el y sh owi ng ho w st ay wil l en ab l e h i m t o reb ut sh owi ng of ab se nc e of ge nu in e is su e of fact ). Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm . See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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The Hon or ab le Su sa n Ri ch ard Nels on , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e 1 Dis tri ct of Mi nn es ot a, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco m m en da ti on s of th e H o n o rab le Je ffre y J. Keyes, Uni te d S ta te s M ag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e Dis tri ct of M in ne so ta

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