Nuccio v. Nuccio

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Following Kathleen Nuccio’s appeal to the First Circuit Court of Appeals from a summary judgment entered in the United States District Court (Cohen, M.J.) in favor of her father, Luke Nuccio, on the ground that Kathleen’s claim alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress resulting from sexual abuse inflicted on her by her father was barred by the statute of limitations, the First Circuit, pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A § 57 (1989) and M.R.Civ.P. 76B, 1 certified to this Court the following question of Maine law:

Does a showing that a plaintiff, who was the victim of…