Does the statute of limitations apply to a defendant who is accused of sexually assaulting a minor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Long v. San Francisco Forty Niners, Ltd., A142221 (Cal. App. 2017):
after the alleged attack, defendant demurred to all but one of the causes of action as time-barred. Plaintiff opposed, citing Addison v. State of California (1978) 21 Cal.3d 313 (Addison) for the proposition that the statute of limitations was equitably tolled while the federal case was pending.
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