Pending Claim Didn't Toll Statute of Limitations for Suit

A pending workers' compensation claim did not toll the statute of limitations for a former City of Palmdale employee's suit against the municipality, according to an unpublished decision from the 2nd District Court of Appeal.The appellate court was not persuaded by Elgin Tipler's arguments that his workers' compensation claim tolled the statute of limitations for his tort action against his former employer in the case of Tipler v. City of Palmdale, No. B205862, 3/3/09. The city had terminated Tipler in August 2002, because he allegedly used his work computer to view and print "...