Tyson v. Tyson
Washington Supreme Court
727 P.2d 226 (1986)
Relevant factsFree
Nancy Tyson (plaintiff) sued her father Dwight (defendant) for alleged childhood sexual abuse she claimed to have completely repressed until adult therapy triggered her recollection and its connection to her emotional problems; she filed suit at 26, years after Washington's three-year limitations period (running from her 18th birthday) had expired, and a federal court certified to the Washington Supreme Court the question of whether the discovery rule tolled that period under state law.
IssueFree
Whether, in some jurisdictions, the discovery rule applies to toll limitations if the victim of an intentional tort had no memory of the incident during the limitations period.