Doe v. Crooks

In this sexual-abuse action, the circuit court granted summary judgment for Respondent Richard H. Crooks, M.D. (Crooks), holding that the action of Appellant John Doe (Doe) was barred under the statute of limitations. We certified the case pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR. We affirm.

FACTS

This action was commenced in 2002, when Doe was thirty-four years old. He asserts that in 1983, when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, Crooks molested him.

Doe acknowledges that he was aware of the alleged abuse while it was occurring; that he knew at the time that it was wrong; that he immediately began to…