Don Allen wrote: >I believe an early example of what you are looking for >is the Ramona case. He was a vineyard exec in California >who was accused by his daughter of childhood sexual >abuse after she "recovered" memories with the help of >a social worker "therapist" and a psychiatrist. He won a >fairly large judgement (I believe it was 1.5 million). At that >time the daughter was still adamant that her memories were true.
Thanks, Don. I found a brief account of the case here: http://bostonreview.net/BR23.5/Greer.html Apparently the father actually lost money, as his costs ($1 million) exceeded the damages awarded ($0.5 million). Other important legal ramifications of the case are discussed here: http://www.americanprofessional.com/risk5.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org --------------------------------- From: don allen <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Recovered memory therapy in court Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:00:16 -0800 Hi Allen- I believe an early example of what you are looking for is the Ramona case. He was a vineyard exec in California who was accused by his daughter of childhood sexual abuse after she "recovered" memories with the help of a social worker "therapist" and a psychiatrist. He won a fairly large judgement (I believe it was 1.5 million). At that time the daughter was still adamant that her memories were true. Since she was supported in this by her mother I think that the probability of a reversal is unlikely. This case is well documented in the PBS video, "A House Divided". I used to use it in class as it nicely articulates the "repressed memory/false memory" issue. -Don. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8252 or send a blank email to leave-8252-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
