Title: Stewart v. Kennedy

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO                              
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J. Moyer.                                                                        
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Smith et al., Appellants, v. Rudler, Appellee.                                   
[Cite as Smith v. Rudler (1994),     Ohio St.3d    .]                            
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.                  
     (No. 93-2055 -- Submitted August 31, 1994 -- Decided                        
September 28, 1994.)                                                             
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Ashtabula County, No.                  
92-A-1753.                                                                       
                                                                                 
     Yulish, Twohig & Associates Co., L.P.A., and Jeffrey S.                     
Watson, for appellants.                                                          
     Bobulsky & Grdina and Timothy J. Bohanowski, for appellee.                  
     Licata & Crosby Co., L.P.A., Louis J. Licata and Elizabeth                  
A. Crosby, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Adult Support for                  
Incest Survivors of Today.                                                       
                                                                                 
     The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed and the                    
cause is remanded to the trial court for consideration and                       
application of Ault v. Jasko (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 114,                          
N.E.2d    .                                                                      
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his                          
dissenting opinion in Ault v. Jasko (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 114,                   
637 N.E.2d 870.