Legal Opinion

Powel v. Chaminade College Preparatory, Inc.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided August 22, 2006No. SC 86875PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

This Court must determine whether the bar of the statute of limitations required entry of summary judgment in Respondents’ favor on Michael Powel’s claims against them for intentional failure to supervise clergy. Michael alleges that defendants Father William Christensen and Brother John Woulfe, while teachers living at Chaminade College Preparatory, Inc., sexually abused him while he was a minor attending and living at the school in the 1970s.1 He alleges he repressed his memory of that abuse until age 41 and only then did the statute of limitations begin to run.

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. Business Men's Assurance Co. of America v. GrahamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1999
  3. Klemme v. BestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
  4. Jepson v. StubbsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
  5. Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1993

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3Cited by107 opinions

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