Pain & Suffering, event witnessed as a minor, now adult of injury to a close family member.
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Pain & Suffering, event witnessed as a minor, now adult of injury to a close family member.
Is there any legal course of action for a young adult that has vivid and disturbing memories of the abuse of their mother by a live-in boyfriend type person (not related to this young adult), as well as experienced physical abuse by this same person as a minor.
Asked on April 16, 2009 under Personal Injury, Minnesota
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Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
If she experienced physical abuse she would have had a right to bring an action for battery. While the statute of limitations for intentional torts is typically very short (I am NOT a MN lawyer) where the victim is a minor the statute is typically tolled (extended) until she reaches 18 (again I am not a MN lawyer and do not know if the general rule applies in that state). Her rights may well depend on how old she is now.
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