Legal Opinion
Shippen v. Parrott
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 1996No. 19136PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZINTER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Sherman Parrott (Par-rott), appeals from the trial court’s apportionment of damages between actionable and non-actionable events. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiff, Daniel Shippen (Shippen), is an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse inflicted by Parrott. The trial court found that Shippen suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of that abuse. The childhood sexual abuse commenced in 1975, when Shippen was eleven. It continued until 1984 when Shippen was twenty. Parrott also sexually…
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