EAGLEMAN v. DIOCESE OF RAPID CITY

Nos. 26939, 26940, 26941, 26942, 26943, 26944.

862 N.W.2d 839 (2015)

2015 S.D. 22

Kerwin EAGLEMAN and Noah C. One Star, Plaintiffs, and Ralph Eagleman, Lawrence Ford, Antoinette (One Star) Miller, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DIOCESE OF RAPID CITY, Defendant, Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, Diocese of Rapid City and Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission, Defendants and Appellees. Ida Marshall, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus and Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission, Defendants and Appellees. Wendell D. Big Crow, Sr., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus and Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission, Defendants and Appellees. Regina One Star, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, Brother Paul A. Frey; Brother Chapman; and Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission, Defendants and Appellees. David Standing Soldier, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, Father Ken Walleman; and Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission, Defendants and Appellees. D.M., Plaintiff, A.L.; L.T.; H.D.G., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Diocese of Rapid City, Defendant, Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, Diocese of Rapid City; Rosebud Educational Society/St. Francis Mission; Sisters of St. Francis, Denver, Colorado; Holy Rosary Mission; Brother Francis P. Chapman, Sister Maria Goretti; Father Albert Janka; Father Bernard Fagan, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Yates , Michael Shubeck of Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellants.

Barbara Anderson Lewis , Thomas G. Fritz of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellees Rosebud Education Society/St. Francis Mission.

Terry L. Pechota , Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for defendants and appellees Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus.


[¶ 1.] This appeal requires us to construe statutes of limitation affecting childhood sexual abuse claims against entities that allegedly failed to take steps to safeguard children from known or suspected molesters. Plaintiffs allege that they were sexually abused sometime during the late 1950s through the early...

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