In Cincinnati Ins Co v. Citizens Ins Co, 454 Mich 263; 562 NW2d 648 (1997), the Court found that where before the passing of the limitations period the defendant indicated that it would not consider a claim piecemeal, then, when the entire claim was presented after the passing of the statute of limitations proceeded to deny the claim, the defendant was estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a bar to the plaintiff's court action.