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Maryland’s highest court, in a 4-3 decision on February 3, narrowly upheld the Child Victims Act of 2023, a law that retroactively and prospectively repeals the civil statute of limitations for survivors of child sexual...more
The Adult Survivors Act, signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2022, created a one-year lookback window for individuals who experienced sexual abuse after they turned 18 years old. From November 2022 to...more
A new revival window opened on Thanksgiving Day for filing sexual assault and abuse lawsuits that would otherwise be time-barred by the New York statute of limitations. This means that entities who formerly employed or were...more
On May 24, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act (“ASA”), which creates a one-year lookback window, beginning on November 24, 2022, for the revival of otherwise time-barred civil claims...more
Key Takeaways - New York’s Adult Survivors Act was signed into law on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The Adult Survivors Act establishes a one-year window that opens in six months for survivors of sexual offenses who were 18...more
The trend in New York State to provide relief for expired claims by waiving statutes of limitation in sex-abuse cases may be continuing. As its current session winds down, the New York State Legislature is considering...more
The recent derailment of Pennsylvania’s constitutional amendment to revive all childhood sexual abuse cases may not have quite the impact as was widely reported. The media has generally portrayed this derailment as a setback...more
Suffering through a personal injury can be a distressing experience. Aside from the injury itself, you may be facing medical bills that quickly become very expensive, as well as a loss of income, hospital, doctor visits and...more
Sexual assault is among the most heinous of crimes. It puts the lives of those on the receiving end at unimaginable risk. As the “Me Too” movement has shown, there are a plethora of perpetrators out there taking advantage of...more
An article published yesterday by the New York Law Journal (available here) provides good reason to believe that the one-year Child Victim Act (“CVA”) revival window, which allows victims of child sex abuse of all ages to...more
Synopsis: Almost a year after the New York State Legislature enacted the Child Victim Act or “CVA” in February 2019 -- which included a one-year “revival window” under which claims for child sexual abuse could be brought...more
On December 1, 2019, New Jersey’s Child Victim’s Act went into effect. This new law opens a two-year “revival” period for individuals to assert civil claims of child abuse and to file claims against institutions and...more
Synopsis: New Jersey’s recently enacted legislation which significantly extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims and creates a two-year filing window for sexual abuse claims that would otherwise be...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Child Victim Act is now law and will have a significant impact on New York’s educational and religious institutions and other civic organizations that care for children. It extends the Statute of...more
The Child Victims Act of 2019 (the CVA) enacted an extraordinary set of reforms that, among other things, “revived” long expired claims of childhood sexual abuse. As a result, the CVA will impact any institution or...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The State of New Jersey passed legislation which significantly extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims and creates a two-year filing window for sexual abuse claims that would otherwise be...more
On March 14, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill (S.477) by a 32-1 vote that, if signed into law, will significantly expand the statute of limitations period for child sex abuse victims to pursue civil claims against their...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Child Victim Act is now law and will have a significant impact on New York’s educational and religious institutions and other civic organizations that care for children....more
With New York’s recent enactment of the Child Victims Act, the legal landscape surrounding claims of sexual abuse in the civil and criminal contexts has been substantially changed. Given the broad and sweeping impact of the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Child Victim Act is now law and is likely to have a significant impact on many of New York’s institutions. Educational, religious or other civic organizations that care for children. ...more