Legal Opinion
Freyd v. Whitfield
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 18, 1997No. Civil L-96-627PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEGG, District Judge.
Before the Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by defendant, Dr. Charles L. Whitfield. For the reasons stated below, the Court shall, by separate Order, GRANT the motion.
I. Background
In December 1990, plaintiffs Peter and Pamela Freyd (“the Freyds”) privately were accused of childhood sexual abuse by their 33-year old daughter, Dr. Jennifer Freyd. (Resp.Mot.Summ. J. (“Resp.”) at 12). Dr. Freyd, a tenured psychology professor specializing in human memory, claimed that she had recovered repressed memories of sexual abuse which had been long suppressed in…
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