EVANS v. ECKELMAN

Docket No. A042990.

216 Cal.App.3d 1609 (1990)

265 Cal. Rptr. 605

GARRY EVANS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DON ECKELMAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

January 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jason M. Cox, Kerry M. Gough and Bonjour, Gough & Thorman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Peter T. Hoss, Michael P. Masuda and Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

LOW, P.J.

A civil action based on a parent or parental figure's sexual abuse of the plaintiff as a child does not accrue until the plaintiff discovers or should discover the acts of molestation and the wrongfulness of the conduct.

Garry Evans, Terry Evans, and Lonnie Evans, three brothers, sued Don Eckelman, their uncle and former foster father, and OLCO, a corporation, for damages resulting from Eckelman's sexual...

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