DOE v. CROOKS

No. 25987.

364 S.C. 349 (2005)

613 S.E.2d 536

John DOE, Appellant, v. Richard H. CROOKS, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg E. Meyers, of Charleston, and J. David Flowers, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Dewey Oxner and Moffatt McDonald, both of Haynsworth Sinkler, Boyd, of Greenville, for Respondent.

J. Graham Sturgis, Jr., of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae, Darkness to Light.


Justice PLEICONES.

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...

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