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- Title
Applying the Statutes of Limitation in Institutional Childhood Sex Abuse Cases.
- Authors
Winsby, Joseph M.; Walter, Elaine D.
- Abstract
The article provides practical advice for Florida attorneys on how to apply statutes of limitation (SOLs) in institutional childhood sex abuse cases as of 2014, focusing on allegations of fraudulent concealment and repressed memory in relation to efforts to avoid SOLs. Several childhood sex abuse-related legal cases are addressed, including matters involving the Archdiocese of Miami Inc. Various Florida statutes are mentioned, along with intentional torts and the equitable estoppel doctrine.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; LIMITATION of actions; CHILD sexual abuse lawsuits; CONCEALMENT (Criminal law); RECOVERED memory; STATUTES; EQUITABLE estoppel; INTENTIONAL torts; LAWYERS; LAW
- Publication
Florida Bar Journal, 2014, Vol 88, Issue 7, p32
- ISSN
0015-3915
- Publication type
Article