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DOE v. CATHOLIC BISHOP FOR MEMPHIS

No. W2007-01575-COA-R9-CV

306 S.W.3d 712 (2008)

John DOE v. CATHOLIC BISHOP FOR the DIOCESE OF MEMPHIS.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Memphis.

September 16, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Dotson, Michael Casey Shannon, and J. Martin Regan, Memphis, Tennessee for the appellant Catholic Bishop, for the Diocese of Memphis.

Gary K. Smith, Karen M. Campbell, Memphis, Tennessee, and Adam D. Horowitz, Miami, Florida, for the appellee John Doe.

OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., joined; W. FRANK CRAWFORD, J., did not participate.

This appeal involves the denial of a motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations. The plaintiff, a thirty-seven year old man, filed a lawsuit against the defendant Catholic diocese. His complaint alleged that, as an adolescent, he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest employed by the defendant...

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