CLARKE v. ABATE

No. 12-229.

80 A.3d 578 (2013)

2013 VT 52

Jamie CLARKE v. Joseph ABATE, M.D.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Green and Jerome F. O'Neill of O'Neill Kellner & Green, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ian P. Carleton and Eric S. Miller of Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND, BURGESS and ROBINSON, JJ.


REIBER, C.J.

¶ 1. In this civil action alleging sexual assault and battery and intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress by a medical doctor during the course of his treatment of a high school female athlete, plaintiff appeals the superior court's grant of summary judgment to defendant based on the six-year statute of limitations applicable to childhood sexual abuse. The court's determination that the limitations period had run as a matter of law...

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