Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Abate

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 9, 2013No. 2012-229PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Reiber, CJ.

¶ 1. In this civil action alleging sexual assault and battery and intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress by a medical doctor during the course of his treatment of a high school female athlete, plaintiff appeals the superior court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant based on the six-year statute of limitations applicable to childhood sexual abuse. The court’s determination that the limitations period had run as a matter of law before plaintiff filed her lawsuit relied primarily on plaintiff’s statements to police and her deposition testimony concerning her…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Ellen Howley v. Town of Stratford and William HoldsworthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  3. Riley v. PresnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  4. Baird v. American Medical OpticsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
  5. Lillicrap v. MartinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2013

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