Wednesday, July 28, 2021 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has confirmed that the “discovery rule” is only a narrow exception to the statute of limitations, but the court has hinted that changes might be coming that would toll the running of the statute of limitations against a particular defendant until the plaintiff knows she has been injured and has a cause of action against that particular defendant. In Rice v. Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, No. 3 WAP 2020 (July 21, 2021), the Court considered a claim by a woman that, as a girl, she was abused by a priest. She filed a claim ag...