Doe v. Silverman

Plaintiff appeals a limited judgment dismissing his claims for negligence, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress that he brought against defendant Silverman.1 Plaintiff brought those claims when he was 30 years old based on Silverman’s sexual abuse of plaintiff when plaintiff was a minor. The trial court granted defendant summary judgment based on its conclusion that it should apply the 1993 version of ORS 12.117—the version in effect when Silverman abused plaintiff—which provided that claims based on child abuse “shall be commenced not more than six years…