POLINA TERTYSHNAYA, individually and on behalf of ALEXANDER TERTYSHNY, her minor son, Plaintiffs, v. STANDARD SECURITY LIFE INSRUANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants., 2013 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 374

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HOLDINGS: [1]-A widow's multi-claim action on behalf of herself and her minor son, arising from the failure of insurers to pay accidental death benefits to her following her husband's death, was resolved by granting summary judgment to the insurers because the claims were time-barred under 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 5524 and 5525 where her action was not initiated until the expiration of those limitation periods; [2]-The limitations periods were not tolled by the fraudulent concealment doctrine because the widow did not show that the insurers committed some affirmative independent act of concealment upon which she justifiably relied.