Stewart v. Kennedy
Stewart v. Kennedy
Opinion
[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 70 Ohio St.3d 536.]
STEWART, APPELLANT v. KENNEDY ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Stewart v. Kennedy, 1994-Ohio-47.] Statutes of limitations—Discovery rule applied to toll statute of limitations where victim of childhood sexual abuse represses memories of that abuse until a later time—One-year statute of limitations period for sexual abuse begins to run, when. (No. 93-2038—Submitted September 14, 1994—Decided October 12, 1994.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-920152. __________________ Thomas A. Gelwicks, for appellant. Mulholland & Associates, Donald L. Weber and Michael L. Weber, for appellees. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ault v. Jasko (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 114, 637 N.E.2d 870, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for application of Ault. A.W. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. MOYER, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., dissent. __________________
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- Statutes of limitations—Discovery rule applied to toll statute of limitations where victim of childhood sexual abuse represses memories of that abuse until a later time—One-year statute of limitations period for sexual abuse begins to run, when.