Legal Opinion
Koe v. Mercer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 21, 2007PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The plaintiff filed a complaint on February 28, 2002, against the defendant, Gordon J. Mercer, alleging negligence in allowing a pastor of the plaintiff’s church to sexually abuse him.2 On February 15, 2005, a Superior Court judge granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff’s negligence claim because he failed to file within the three-year statute of limitations period. G. L. c. 260, § 2A. The plaintiff appealed. The Appeals Court vacated the order of summary judgment in favor of the defendant and remanded the case to the Superior Court for further…
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