Legal Opinion
Doe v. Roe
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1998No. CV-96-0526-PRPublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELDMAN, Justice.
¶ 1 We granted review to determine how the statute of limitations applies to a case of delayed discovery attributable to alleged repressed memory of severe sexual abuse. Plaintiff claims that after many years she recalled the abuse but for a prolonged period was incapacitated to the point of being unable to assert her legal rights. We examine application of both the discovery rule and the tolling statute. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. VI, § 5(3) and Ariz. R.Civ.App. 23.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶2 Jane Doe (Plaintiff) alleges that her father…
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