Opinion ID: 2052527
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Heading: Cessation of Equitable Grounds as Reason for Delay

Text: Where a statute of limitations has been tolled due to equitable grounds, the equitable grounds cease when a person, once becoming an adult, knows or should have discovered that a childhood injury was sustained as a result of the defendant's tortious conduct. Fager, 610 N.E.2d at 251. When this occurs, the plaintiff is not bound by the statute of limitations which was tolled by the equitable grounds, but instead, has a reasonable amount of time after the equitable grounds cease to exist within which to bring a claim. See Hughes v. Glaese, 659 N.E.2d at 519, 520 (citation omitted). Jane I. discovered her claim in 1990, and brought her claim in 1990. This time period is not so patently unreasonable as to justify the entry of summary judgment against Jane I. on this basis.