Sharkey v. Barber

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Under section 15-l-49(2)’s discovery rule, in actions “involvpng] latent injury or disease, the cause of action does not accrue *1246until the plaintiff `has discovered, or by reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury."1 But this provision only applies to "actions for which no other period of limitation is prescribed[.]"2 Here, the three causes of action Chris Starkey asserted against Frank Barber were intentional torts, subject to section 15-1--35's prescribed one-year limitation period.3 So seôtion 15.-1-49(2)'s discovery rule did not apply.4 Instead,…