PHILLIPS v. GELPKE


889 A.2d 1108 (2006)

382 N.J. Super. 505

Melissa PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John GELPKE, Defendant-Appellant, and Barbara Gelpke, Defendant, John Gelpke, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Susan Phillips, Third-Party Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Kovacs, Bedminster, argued the cause for appellant (Purcell, Ries, Shannon, Mulcahy & O'Neill, attorneys; Mr. Kovacs, on the brief).

Richard J. Schachter, Bridgewater, argued the cause for respondent (Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, attorneys; Mr. Schachter, on the brief).

Before Judges COBURN, COLLESTER and LISA.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

COBURN, P.J.A.D.

In 2001, Melissa Phillips, then nineteen years old, sued John and Barbara Gelpke, alleging that John had frequently abused her sexually from the time she was three until she was eight and that Barbara had negligently permitted the abuse to occur. Melissa alleged that her memory of the events had been repressed until she became eleven and had a dream of engaging in sexual relations with John as a young...

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