DOE BY AND THROUGH CONNOLLY v. HOLT

No. 379PA91.

418 S.E.2d 511 (1992)

332 N.C. 90

Jane DOE and Sally Doe, By and Through their Guardian ad Litem, Anne CONNOLLY v. Frank HOLT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Tamer, Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.

Theodore M. Molitoris and Robert S. Blair, Jr., Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Law Office of Elizabeth Kuniholm, by Elizabeth J. Armstrong, for North Carolina Ass'n of Women Attys., Marjorie Putnam, Gen. Counsel, Raleigh, and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amici curiae.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether this suit by two minor plaintiffs against their father for damages allegedly resulting from his having repeatedly raped and sexually molested them is barred by the parent-child immunity doctrine. We conclude that the complaint states a claim upon which relief can be granted and that the parent-child immunity doctrine does not bar this suit.

In their complaint, the plaintiffs allege that they are both...

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