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REDWING v. CATHOLIC BISHOP FOR MEMPHIS

No. W2009-00986-SC-R11-CV.

363 S.W.3d 436 (2012)

Norman REDWING v. CATHOLIC BISHOP FOR THE DIOCESE OF MEMPHIS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Jackson.

February 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Smith and Karen M. Campbell , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Norman Redwing.

John H. Dotson and Casey Shannon , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Catholic Bishop for the Diocese of Memphis.

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

OPINION

This appeal involves a dispute regarding the civil liability of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis for acts of child sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by one of its priests in the 1970s. A victim of this alleged abuse filed suit against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis in the Circuit...

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