Pratte v. Stewart

{¶ 1} This appeal requires a determination of the appropriate statute of limitations for a claim resulting from childhood sexual abuse in which the claimant alleges that memories of the abuse were repressed. Appellant, Amy Pratte, asserts that the 12-year statute of limitations in R.C. 2305.111(C), which became effective on August 3, 2006, cannot be applied retroactively to her claim that she suffered childhood sexual abuse, because her memory of the abuse was repressed until after the limitations period expired. Pratte argues that pursuant to this court’s decision in Ault v. Jasko (1994), 70…