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The statute of limitations for claims arising out of an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by members of a corporate board of directors is generally three years from the date the plaintiff knew or should have known of the alleged wrong.  For certain equitable reasons, courts and legislatures have provided exceptions to this sometimes harsh rule by tolling the statute of limitations and permitting claims beyond the three year period.  In Aiello v. Aiello, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) considered whether to apply either the complete domination test or the disinterested majority test in determining adverse domination to toll the statute of limitations when a majority of the board of directors dominated the decision making.  The SJC announced that Massachusetts courts must apply the complete domination test when a corporate agent seeks to toll the statute of limitations. . . .