11Jun/080
Judge Dismisses Wrongful Death Lawsuit In Mystic Case
NEW LONDON — - A Superior Court judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the husband of Mystic schoolteacher Leslie Buck, but the attorney representing the dead woman's estate can re-plead the complaint, according to a decision released Friday.
At a January court hearing, Donald R. Beebe, the attorney for Charlie Buck, sought a dismissal of the wrongful death lawsuit on the ground that the case — filed in May 2005 — was brought after the two-year statute of limitations for filing had expired.
But Shelley L. Graves, an attorney for Leslie Buck's estate, said the statute would not apply if Charlie Buck had fraudulently concealed evidence of his wife's death.