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LEMMERMAN v. FEALK

Docket Nos. 97839, 97841, 98365, (Calendar Nos. 7-8).

449 Mich. 56 (1995)

534 N.W.2d 695

LEMMERMAN v. FEALK WILLIFORD v. BIESKE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lore A. Rogers for the plaintiff in Lemmerman.

Bruetsch & Associates (by Patrick J. Bruetsch and Todd A. Kreckman) for the plaintiff in Williford.

Bruce J. Lazar for defendant Bella Fealk in Lemmerman.

Martin N. Fealk for defendant Rachael Levy in Lemmerman.

Lawrence A. Baumgartner, P.C. (by Jane R. Ware), for the defendant in Williford.

Amicus Curiae:

Julie Kunce Field for Women and the Law Clinic.

BOYLE, J.

We are asked in these cases to extend the limitation period for the civil actions brought by plaintiffs who allege they were sexually abused as children by the defendants, but were unable to timely file claims because of repression of the memory of abuse. We must decide whether (1) the discovery rule is applicable to determine the time of accrual of the claims triggering the running of the limitation period for plaintiffs' tort actions of assault and battery...

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