If any person, liable to an action by another, shall fraudulently, by actual misrepresentation, conceal from him or her the existence of the cause of action, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue against the person so liable at the time when the person entitled to sue thereon shall first discover its existence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-20
Time of accrual of concealed cause of action
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Michael Kelly v. Robert Marcantonio Etc et al. (1999)
Most recently applied in 856 F. Supp. 2d 345 - Henry v. Sheffield (April 2012)
C.P.A. 1905, § 254; G.L. 1909, ch. 284, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 334, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 510, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-1-20.
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