Does the delayed discovery doctrine affect the statute of limitations in a sexual assault case?

A Michigan case in which a former high school student sued a teacher for damages resulting from a sexual relationship held that the delayed discovery doctrine would toll the statute of limitations if the student could demonstrate a valid claim that she had psychologically repressed her memory of the facts and there was corroboration that a sexual assault had in fact occurred. (Meiers-Post v. Schafer (1988), 170 Mich.App. 174, 427 N.W.2d 606, 607.) The court said that its rule strikes a fair balance between a concern for fairness to the victim

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