Does the delayed discovery rule apply to sexual abuse cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rubenstein v. Doe, 200 Cal.Rptr.3d 211, 245 Cal.App.4th 1037 (Cal. App. 2016):
the latent memories of the sexual abuse resurfaced. These allegations of ultimate fact are sufficient to invoke the delayed discovery rule of accrual. (Doe v. City of Los Angeles (2007) 42 Cal.4th 531, 545546, 550, 67 Cal.Rptr.3d 330, 169 P.3d 559.)
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