Stephens v. Stephens

In October 1973, plaintiff/appellant Dianne Stephens filed suit against her ex-husband, defendant/ respondent James Stephens, for injuries she received as a passenger in an automobile driven by him in an accident which occurred in October 1969, while the two were married. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the statute of limitations had run on her claim. We reverse the trial court, and hold that the statute did not run because it was tolled until appellant reached her twenty-first birthday in April 1971.

The only relevant facts in this appeal are…