STARNES v. CAYOUETTE

Record No. 911758.

419 S.E.2d 669 (1992)

Marjorie STARNES v. Robert L. CAYOUETTE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Clute, Richmond, for appellant.

Benjamin A. Williams, III, Newport News (L. Wallace Sink; Patten, Wornom & Watkins, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault, Virginians Against Domestic Violence (Darla Tarletz, Richmond, on brief).

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY, KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


POFF, Senior Justice.

We awarded a plaintiff, an adult survivor of child abuse, an appeal to consider whether, as the trial court ruled, the expiration of the statute of limitations on her personal injury cause of action afforded the defendant a right protected by constitutional due process guarantees. The trial court dismissed the motion for judgment, and we look to the facts alleged in the pleadings. The chronology of events is vitally relevant to our analysis of...

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