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LOURIM v. SWENSEN

(CC C95-1000CV; CA A92903; SC S44383)

977 P.2d 1157 (1999)

328 Or. 380

Daniel LOURIM, Petitioner on Review, v. John SWENSEN, Defendant, and Cascade Pacific Council, Boy Scouts of America, an Oregon non-profit corporation; and the Boy Scouts of America, a congressionally chartered corporation, authorized to do business in Oregon, Respondents on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided April 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On review from the Court of Appeals.*

Kelly Clark, Lake Oswego, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Thomas Christ of Mitchell Lange & Smith, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents on review.

David Slader, Portland, argued the cause for amici curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions, and National Association of Counsel For Children. With him on the brief was Michael S. Morey.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, DURHAM, and KULONGOSKI, Justices.

GILLETTE, J.

This case arises out of allegations by plaintiff that he was sexually abused by his Boy Scout leader, Swensen, approximately 30 years earlier, when plaintiff was a minor. In 1995, plaintiff brought the present action against Swensen as well as the Cascade Pacific Council and Boy Scouts of America (collectively, the Boy Scouts), claiming that Swensen had sexually abused him from 1965 until 1967. As against the Boy Scouts, the complaint alleges that the...

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