Fraudulent Concealment
Material Facts were Concealed and Omitted.
NJ Municipalities are not immune from bad faith claims. The Doctrine of Fraudulent Concealment is an equitable principle that allows a court to toller the statute of limitations (i.e., temporarily suspend the deadline for filing a lawsuit) when a defendant's fraudulent actions or concealment prevented a plaintiff from discovering their cause of action. To establish fraudulent concealment, the plaintiff must generally prove that the defendant concealed a material fact with the intent to defraud, that the plaintiff was unaware of the fact despite exercising reasonable diligence, and that the plaintiff suffered damages.
