DOE v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. S142546.

67 Cal.Rptr.3d 330 (2007)

42 Cal.4th 531

169 P.3d 559

John DOE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et at, Defendants and Appellants. John Doe 2, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. City of Los Angeles et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

November 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zalkin & Zimmer, Devin M. Storey, Irwin M. Zalkin, San Diego; Taylor & Ring, David M. Ring, John C. Taylor, Los Angeles; Bennett, Johnson & Galler, Todd A. Walburg and William C. Johnson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Janet G. Bogigian, Assistant City Attorney, and Amy Jo Field, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Los Angeles.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Christina J. Imre, Los Angeles, Orly Degani, Gregory H. Halliday and Thomas A. Delaney, Irvine, for Defendant and Respondent Boy Scouts of America.

Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, J. Michael Hennigan and Lee W. Potts, Potts, for Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles and Defense Laison Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent Boy Scouts of America.

Sweeney & Greene, James F. Sweeney and Stephen R. McCutcheon, Jr., Sacramento, for California Catholic Conference as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent Boy Scouts of America.


MORENO, J.

Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1, which extends the statute of limitations within which a victim of childhood sexual abuse may sue a person or entity who did not perpetrate the abuse but was a legal cause of it, requires that such actions be brought before the victim's 26th birthday, unless the defendant "knew or had reason to know, or was otherwise on...

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