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STEPHANIE M. v. COPTIC ORTHODOX DIOCESE

No. 14-10-00004-CV.

362 S.W.3d 656 (2011)

STEPHANIE M., Appellant, v. COPTIC ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE DIOCESE OF the SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, and St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

March 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance Arney , Houston, for appellant.

Martin A. Shellist , Sufi Nasim Ahmad , and Hartley Hampton , for Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Diocese of the Southern United States.

Britton B. Harris , James A. Newsom , Hartley Hampton , Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices FROST and CHRISTOPHER.

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

In an issue of first impression, appellant, Stephanie M., asks this court to determine whether the five-year statute of limitations applicable to personal injuries arising as a result of sexual assault extends to parties whose alleged negligence was a proximate cause of the conduct that caused her injuries. The trial court concluded that the extended period of limitations did not apply to those defendants whose alleged...

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