DALRYMPLE v. BROWN


549 Pa. 217 (1997)

701 A.2d 164

Linda Parisano DALRYMPLE, Appellant, v. Eugene BROWN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Lamb, James C. Sargent, Jr., Andrea B. Pettine, West Chester, for Linda Parisano Dalrymple.

Susan Frietsche, Philadelphia, for Amicus-Int.'l Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, etc.

Andrew J. Forbes, Media, for Eugene Brown.

Thomas A. Pavlinic, Annapolis, MD, for Amicus-False Memory Syndrome Foundation.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This case presents the court with an issue of contemporary significance: Whether the discovery rule should extend the statute of limitations in a case where the plaintiff claims that repressed memory of an injury is the cause of the failure to file the action timely? Answering this question in the negative, we affirm the decision of the Superior Court affirming the order of the trial court granting summary judgment...

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