US EditionNorth Carolina Supreme Court upholds law that allowed 2 more years for child sex abuse suits
- North Carolina's Supreme Court upheld a law allowing victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to file civil lawsuits, rejecting claims it violated constitutional protections for defendants.
- The law, part of the 2019 SAFE Child Act, extends the filing deadline for victims from age 21 to age 28.
- At least 250 child sex abuse lawsuits were filed during the two-year lookback period from January 2020 to December 2021, according to legal briefs.
- Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Governor Josh Stein praised the ruling, emphasizing the importance of allowing survivors to seek justice.
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State Supreme Court upholds SAFE Child Act as constitutional
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has upheld the SAFE Child Act’s provision allowing alleged victims of child sexual abuse to file lawsuits years after those suits otherwise would have been barred by the statute of limitations. Two rulings from the high court Friday allowed SAFE Child Act suits to move forward. But in two other consolidated cases, the court rejected lawsuits in situations when courts had issued final rulings against plaintiffs befo…
Victims of abuse shouldn’t have to pay for Maryland’s fiscal woes
The Child Victims Act, written and passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Wes Moore in 2023, is a critical and necessary legislative response to a crisis facing untold thousands of survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Maryland. In an effort to provide a measure of justice to survivors, Maryland’s political leaders eliminated the statute of limitations that previously closed the courthouse doors to the vast majority of survivors of c…
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North Carolina Supreme Court upholds law that allowed 2 more years for child sex abuse suits
North Carolina’s highest court has upheld a law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages. The state Supreme Court ruled on Friday
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