Dunford v. Tryhus

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Jeffrey Dunford appeals the district court’s summary judgment to Dr. Trueman Tryhus, Jr. We affirm, concluding the district court did not err in determining Dunford’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations.

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[¶ 2] Tryhus practiced dentistry in Fargo from 1958 through 1993. Dunford was born in 1954 and became a patient of Tryhus in the mid-1960s. Dunford alleges Tryhus sexually abused him between 1965 and 1969.

[¶ 3] In 1988, Dunford asked a nonlaw-yer friend in the Fargo area for information regarding the statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims. Dunford was…