RUBIO v. ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI, INC.

No. 3D12-85.

114 So.3d 279 (2013)

Jorge RUBIO, Appellant, v. ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI, INC., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman, Mermelstein & Horowitz, P.A., and Jeffrey M. Herman and Stuart S. Mermelstein , Miami, for appellant.

Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, and Elaine D. Walter , Michael A. Mullen , and Joseph M. Winsby , Michael A. Mullen , for appellees.

Before LAGOA, SALTER and LOGUE, JJ.


LOGUE, J.

In this case, Jorge Rubio sued the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. for negligence and vicarious liability related to alleged sexual abuse that he suffered as a child at the hands of his parish priest. The complaint at issue, however, was not filed until approximately thirty-five years after the alleged abuse ended. For the reasons stated below, we agree with the trial court that the statute of limitations barred Rubio's claims. We therefore affirm the dismissal...

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