DOE v. ESTATE OF C.V.O.

DOCKET NO. A-2780-21.

303 A.3d 678 (2023)

477 N.J. Super. 42

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. The ESTATE OF C.V.O., Jr., and The Estate of G.A.O., Defendants-Respondents/Cross-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuggi Law Firm, PC, attorneys for appellant/cross-respondent John Doe ( Robert R. Fuggi, Jr. , Toms River, Michael R. Napolitano , Bradley L. Rice , Roseland, and Emma A. McElligott , of counsel and on the briefs).

Donnelly Minter & Kelly, LLC, attorneys for respondent/cross-appellant The Estate of C.V.O., Jr. ( Patrick B. Minter , Morristown, of counsel and on the briefs; Thomas J. Coffey , Morristown, and Alison L. Moody , on the briefs).

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, attorneys for respondent/cross-appellant The Estate of G.A.O. ( Brian W. Shaffer , and William R. Peterson (Morgan, Lewis & Brockius, LLP) of the Texas bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel and on the briefs).

Levy Baldante Finney & Rubenstein PC, attorneys for amicus curiae Child U.S.A. ( John Baldante , Haddonfield, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Sumners, Rose and Perez Friscia.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This appeal raises issues of first impression pertaining to the civil prosecution of statutory and common law personal injury claims arising from allegations of sexual abuse committed fifty-five years ago against a child by his sister, who also was a minor...

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