LIEBIG v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A041742.

209 Cal.App.3d 828 (1989)

257 Cal. Rptr. 574

AUGUST LIEBIG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NAPA COUNTY, Respondent; LISA LIEBIG, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

April 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James E. Prosser and Babin, Seeger & Byrne for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Malcolm A. Mackenzie, Diane M. Price, Douglas N. Akay and Coombs & Dunlap for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KING, J.

(1a) In this case we hold that the Legislature has the power to retroactively extend a civil statute of limitations to revive a cause of action time-barred under the former limitations period.

Petitioner August Liebig is the defendant in a suit filed by his granddaughter, real party Lisa Liebig, seeking tort damages for alleged sexual molestation. August demurred to Lisa's complaint on the ground...

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