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Add SOL button. Used to add a new defendant-centric statute of limitations to the case file. See Adding an SOL.
Statutes of Limitation table. Contains the details of statutes of limitations and allows various actions to be performed on them, including edit, delete, add tolling/extension, and view the history. See Statutes of Limitation Table.
Add Tolling/Extension button. Used to add a new tolling or extension of a statute of limitations to the case file. See Adding a Tolling or Extension.
Tolling/Extension table. Contains the details of tollings or extensions of a particular statute of limitations and allows various actions to be performed on them. This is also available for plaintiff-centric deadlines as seen below items 5 and 6. See Tolling/Extension Table.
Add Plaintiff SOL button. Used to add a new plaintiff-centric statute of limitations to the case file. See Adding a Plaintiff SOL.
Plaintiff Statutes of Limitation table. Contains the details of plaintiff-centric statutes of limitations and allows various actions to be performed on them. See Plaintiff Statutes of Limitation Table.
Add Critical Deadline button. Used to add a new critical deadline to the case file. See Adding a Critical Deadline.
Critical Deadlines table. Contains the details of critical deadlines and allows various actions to be performed on them. See Critical Deadlines Table.
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Affidavit Filed: The date the affidavit of service was filed.
Affidavit Filing Deadline: The deadline to file the affidavit of service.
Amended: Whether the summons and complaint were amended.
Answer Due: The deadline for the defendant to serve an answer.
Answer Received: The date the answer was received.
BP/Interrogatories Due: The deadline to serve a bill of particulars or an answer to interrogatories.
BP/Interrogatories Exchanged: The date the bill of particulars or answer to interrogatories was exchanged.
BP/Interrogatories Response Received: The date the bill of particulars or answer to interrogatories were received from the defendant.
BP/Interrogatories Served/Received: The date the bill of particulars or answer to interrogatories were served or received on the defendant.
Date Complied: The date of compliance with the SOL.
Documents: Any documents that are attached to the SOL through the Add/Edit SOL panel.
Filing affidavit Required: A checkbox indicating whether filing an affidavit of service is required.
From Date Process Server: The date the affidavit of service was received from the process server.
Last Date File S&C: The filing deadline for a summons and complaint.
Last Date To Mail: The deadline to mail the summons and complaint to the defendant.
Last Date to Serve: The deadline to serve the summons and complaint.
Mailed To Defendant: The date the summons and complaint were mailed to the defendant.
Mailing Required: A checkbox indicating whether mailing the summons and complaint to the defendant is required.
Process Server Date: The date the summons and complaint were delivered to a process server.
S&C Filing Date: The date the summons and complaint were filed.
Service Date: The date the summons and complaint were served.
SOL Date: The deadline of the SOL.
SOL Type: The SOL type (including its length).
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Click the right-click icon in the untitled column of the row representing the SOL you wish to edit, or right-click anywhere in that row. This will bring up a menu of options.
Click the Edit option in the menu. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for \ statutes of limitations, with the existing information filled in.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See The Add/Edit SOL Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the changes and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the changes, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
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In the column with a checkbox heading, select the checkboxes in the rows representing the SOLs you wish to edit.
Click the action icon in the untitled column of any row, or right-click anywhere in the table. This will bring up a menu of options.
Click the Update Selected option in the menu. This will bring up a condensed Add/Edit panel for statutes of limitations, completely blank.
Fill the fields in as desired. Any fields that are filled in will apply to each of the selected SOLs. Any fields that are left blank will be unchanged in each of the selected SOLs, except the Amended, Mailing Required, and Filing Affidavit Required fields, which if left blank will deselect their respective fields in each of the selected SOLs. See The Add/Edit SOL Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the changes and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the changes, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
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Click the Add SOL button. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for statutes of limitations, blank except for defaults.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See The Add/Edit SOL Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the SOL and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the SOL, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
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You can view the history of a statute of limitations. This can be useful if you edit the SOL over time to keep it up to date regarding compliance with the SOL and ensuing deadlines. To do so, click the right-click icon in the untitled column of the row representing the SOL whose history you wish to view, or right-click anywhere in that row. This will bring up a menu of options. Click the View History option in the menu. This will bring up the SOL History panel. This panel displays the SOL History table, where past versions of the SOL are stored. The table has columns for the staff member who made the modification, the date the modification was made, and the SOL, Summons and Complaint, Service, Answer, and Comments columns at the time of the modification. Click the white X at the upper right of the SOL History panel or click anywhere on the Critical Deadlines page other than the panel to close the panel.
Clicking any row of the SOL History table brings up additional details about the SOL at the time of the modification. In addition to the name of the staff member who made the modification and the date the modification was made, the entries in most of the fields in the Add/Edit SOL panel at the time of the modification are listed. Click the Exit button in the lower right of the listing of details to close it (this will not close the SOL History panel).
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Click the Extend Time text under the Answer Due field while in the Add/Edit SOL Panel. This will bring up the Extend Time panel.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See below for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the extension and close the panel. The Answer Due field in the Add/Edit Defendant SOL panel will automatically be set to the date in the Extend To field in the Extend Time panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the extension, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
The panel contains the following fields
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Answer Due: The answer due date prior to the extension.
Extend By: A calculator allowing you to calculate the new due date by a number of days from the original Answer Due date.
Extend To: The new answer due date as a result of the extension.
Waive: Whether the extension is due to waiving the summons.
Stip/Order: The date of the stipulation or order of extension.
Comments: Any comments about the extension.
The Show History Tool and Extended Time Table
The Show History Tool is a tool that allows past extensions to the Answer Due field to be viewed. To use the tool, click the Show History text, which will bring up the Extended Time History panel. This panel displays the Extended Time table, which is where the details of past extensions are stored. To close the panel, either click the Close button or the white X in the upper right corner. The Extended time table contains the following columns:
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The Critical Deadlines Fields
The Last Date to Serve S&C, Answer Due, and BP/Interrogatories Due fields each have a Critical Deadline field associated with them. If a Critical Deadlines field is newly selected when the SOL is saved, a critical deadline will automatically be created. If the critical deadline has already been created, the field will be selected and uneditable; to deselect the field, you must directly delete the associated critical deadline. (Changes made to the defendant SOL will be reflected as applicable in the associated critical deadlines.) The details of the deadline depend on which of the Critical Deadline fields is selected.
If Critical Deadlines [S&C] is selected, the critical deadline will be of the type Last Date To Serve S&C, with the defendant to whom the SOL applies in the Party column, the Last Date to Serve S&C in the Due Date column, the Date of Service in the Date Complied column, No in the Waived and Superseded columns, and "created from SOL for S&C Due" in the Comments column.
If Critical Deadlines [Answer] is selected, the critical deadline will be of the type Answer Due, with the defendant to whom the SOL applies in the Respondent column, one of the plaintiffs in the Party column, the Answer Due date in the Due Date column, the Answer Received date in the Date Complied column, No in the Waived and Superseded columns, and "created from SOL for Answer Due" in the Comments column.
If Critical Deadline? [BP/Interrogatories] is selected, the critical deadline will be of the type BP/Interrogatories Due, with the defendant to whom the SOL applies in the Party column, the BP/Interrogatories Due date in the Due Date column, the BP/Interrogatories Served date in the Date Complied column, No in the Waived and Superseded columns, and "created from SOL for BP/Interrogatories Due" in the Comments column.
Tolling/Extension Table [Statute of Limitations]
The Tolling/Extension table is where the details of SOL tollings or extensions are stored. The Tolling/Extension table is a subtable of the Statutes of Limitation Table, which means that each row of the Defendant Statutes of Limitation table has an individual Tolling/Extension table associated with it, which is specific to the SOL in that row; open a row of the Defendant Statutes of Limitation table using the open/close icon, represented by an arrow, to reveal (or hide) the associated Tolling/Extension table. Each row of the table represents an individual tolling or extension. See Tables for general information about table structure and usage, including all buttons and other tools in this table that are not mentioned below.
Columns in the Table
The Tolling/Extension table contains the following columns:
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Cause: What caused the tolling or extension.
Date: The date on which the tolling or extension was ordered, triggered, or agreed upon by the parties.
Date Effective: The date on which the tolling took effect.
Ending Date: The date on which the tolling ceased.
New SOL Date: The revised SOL date as a result of the tolling or extension.
Tolling Removed: The date on which all effects of tolling were removed.
Comments: Any comments about the tolling or extension.
[column with no title]: Action icon, containing Edit and Delete.
Editing a Tolling or Extension
To edit a tolling or extension:
Click the right-click icon in the untitled column of the row representing the tolling or extension you wish to edit, or right-click anywhere in that row. This will bring up a menu of options.
Click the Edit option in the menu. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for tollings and extensions, with the existing information filled in.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See The Add/Edit Tolling/Extension Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the changes and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the changes, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
Deleting a Tolling or Extension
To delete a tolling or extension:
Click the right-click icon in the untitled column of the row representing the tolling or extension you wish to delete, or right-click anywhere in that row. This will bring up a menu of options.
Click the Delete option in the menu. This will bring up a confirmation message (to avoid accidental deletions).
Click the OK button in the message to confirm the deletion.
If you decide you do not wish to delete the tolling or extension, click Cancel instead of clicking OK to cancel the deletion. You can also click the black X at the upper right of the message to do the same thing.
Until you either confirm or cancel the deletion, you may not be able to visit any other tab in your browser.
Adding a Tolling or Extension
To add a new tolling or extension:
If the row representing the statute of limitations you wish to add the tolling or extension to is not open (its open/close icon are represented by an arrow, click the open/close icon for the row. This will reveal the Tolling/Extension subtable for that row.
Alternatively, click the right-click icon in the untitled column of the row representing the SOL you wish to add the tolling or extension to, or right-click anywhere in that row. This will bring up a menu of options. Click the Add Tolling/Extension option in the menu. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for tollings and extensions, blank except for defaults. Skip to step 4.
Click the Add Tolling/Extension button. This will bring up an Add/Edit panel for tollings and extensions, blank except for defaults.
Fill the fields in with your desired information. See The Add/Edit Tolling/Extension Panel for details about the fields.
Click Save to save the tolling or extension and close the panel.
If you decide you do not wish to save the tolling or extension, click Cancel instead of clicking Save to undo the changes and close the panel. You can also click the white X at the upper right of the panel to do the same thing.
The Add/Edit Tolling/Extension Panel
The Add/Edit Tolling/Extension Panel allows you to fill in the details of a tolling or extension. See Add/Edit Panels for general information about panel structure and usage. This panel contains the following fields:
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[field with no prompt (Type)]: Select whether the SOL deadline is being affected by a tolling or an extension.
[field with no prompt (Cause)]: Select what caused the tolling or extension.
Date: The date on which the tolling or extension was ordered, triggered, or agreed upon.
Date Effective: The date on which the tolling or extension took effect.
Ending Date: The date on which the tolling or extension ceased.
New SOL Date: The revised SOL date as a result of the tolling or extension.
Tolling Removed: The date on which all effects of tolling were removed.
Comments: Any comments about the tolling or extension.
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