Ore. Supreme Holds Claims for Lost Money are No Exception to Statute of Repose November 29, 2023 By Jim Sams Oregon’s statute of repose bars any action for negligent injury filed more than 10 years after the act or omission...
Celebrities, Politicians Face Sexual-Abuse Suits Ahead of NY Law Expiration November 28, 2023 By Erik Larson A flurry of high-profile sexual-abuse lawsuits were filed in New York this week to beat the expiration of a state...
Law that Launched 2,500 Sex Abuse Suits Expiring, Leaving Trail of Claims vs. Celebs, Jails November 20, 2023 By Michael Hill ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of...
Filing a Day Late Leaves Insurer Short Under Mississippi’s Statute of Limitations October 17, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the...
Baltimore Archdiocese Says it Will File for Bankruptcy Before New Law Takes Effect October 2, 2023 By Lea Skene BALTIMORE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Friday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new...
N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Child Victims Act July 14, 2023 A New York state appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of the Child Victims Act (CVA) which granted a one...
Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Law Allowing Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits from Decades Past June 22, 2023 DENVER (AP) – Childhood sexual abuse victims in Colorado will no longer be able to file lawsuits over abuse that...
Bill Cosby Accusers Seek to Expand Time Frames for Lawsuits by Sex-Assault Victims June 19, 2023 By Maryclaire Dale PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A group of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and were dismayed when he had...
Bill Would Give Victims of Childhood Sex Abuse More Time to File Civil Lawsuits May 19, 2023 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers...
Crump: Abuse Victims Set to Sue Baltimore Archdiocese May 11, 2023 By Lea Skene BALTIMORE (AP) — After Maryland lawmakers recently eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits amid heightened scrutiny...