NICOLE B. v. SCHOOL DIST. OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 16 EAP 2019.

237 A.3d 986 (2020)

NICOLE B., Individually and on Behalf of N.B., Appellant v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Jason Johnson and Jala Pearson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: September 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Berney, Esq. , Law Offices of David J. Berney, P.C., Philadelphia, for Nicole B., Appellant.

Suzanne V. Estrella, Esq. , Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, for Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Marsha Levick, Esq. , Juvenile Law Center, for Juvenile Law Center, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Maura McInerney, Esq. , Education Law Center (PA), for Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center-PA, The Public Interest Law Center, Appellants Amici Curiae.

Mary M. McKenzie, Esq. , Philadelphia, Public Interest Law Center, for The Public Interest Law Center, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Lucas B. Michelen, Esq. , Chanda Ann Miller, Esq. , Paul Hewit Saint-Antoine, Esq. , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Rebecca L. Trela, Esq. , Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Philadelphia, for Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center-PA, The Public Interest Law Center, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Women's Law Project, Emily Suski, Ph. D., Appellants Amici Curiae.

Catherine Merino Reisman, Esq. , Reisman Carolla Gran & Zuba LLP, for Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Appellants Amici Curiae.

Margaret McAuslan Wakelin, Esq. , Elizabeth Victoria Wingfield, Esq. , Philadelphia, Kristina Arlene Moon, Esq. , Education Law Center, for Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center-PA, The Public Interest Law Center, Appellants Amici Curiae.

Bruce Philip Merenstein, Esq. , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for School District of Philadelphia, Jason Johnson, Jala Pearson, Appellees.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider whether principles of equitable tolling found in the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act ("PHRA"), 43 P.S. § 962(e), or Pennsylvania's Minority Tolling Statute ("Minority Tolling Statute"), 42 Pa.C.S. § 5533(b)(1), apply to an otherwise untimely...

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