several remedies rule

several-remedies rule. A procedural rule that tolls a statute of limitations for a plaintiff who has several available forums (such as a workers’-compensation proceeding and the court system) and who timely files in one forum and later proceeds in another forum, as long as the defendant is not prejudiced. [Cases: Limitation of Actions 105. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 121.]

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