DOE v. DOE

No. 91-1201.

973 F.2d 237 (1992)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1992.

As Amended September 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg Meyers, Wise & Cole, Charleston, S.C. argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Hubbard, Allman, Spry, Humphreys, Leggett & Howington, P.A., Winston-Salem, N.C. argued (Daniel S. Johnson, Wilson, DeGraw, Johnson & Rutledge, Winston-Salem, N.C. on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and MURRAY, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


OPINION

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Jane Doe, a 37-year-old Florida resident, sued her uncle John Doe, a North Carolina resident, under the district court's diversity jurisdiction.1 Jane's complaint contained counts for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Jane alleged that John, who is 9 years older than she is, sexually abused her when she was between the ages of 7 and 12, causing her to have lasting psychological...

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