Pope v. Ray

Joel Ray, PhD., appeals the trial court’s entry of judgment following this court’s remand for a new trial on damages. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded with instructions to comply with the court’s earlier mandate.

Background

The background of this case began about 1981, 1 when the plaintiff, Kelly Pope, who was four years old, first became the object of sexual abuse inflicted by Lester Pope, her adoptive father. In 1988, when Kelly was eleven, her mother, Nancy Pope, learned of the abuse.

At that time, Defendant Joel Ray, PhD., was a clinical psychologist practicing in Columbia…