Legal Opinion
Smith v. O'CONNELL
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 17, 1998No. Civil Action 93-615-T, 93-660-T, 93-661-TPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TORRES, District Judge.
The defendants in these cases have moved for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiffs’ claims of childhood sexual abuse by priests serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence are barred by the statute of limitations. The principal issues presented are:
1. Whether a temporary inability to remember the alleged acts of abuse, a failure to recognize those acts as tortious or a difficulty in overcoming a reluctance to “re-live” the matter by initiating legal action constitutes a condition of “unsound mind” that…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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