Sep 29, 2022 | Child Sex Abuse, SOL Reform
CHILD USA filed this brief supporting the Appellant’s appeal to the federal Fifth Circuit. The Appellants argue that the Eastern District of Louisiana erred in granting the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. CHILD USA argues that Louisiana’s Act 322 does...
Sep 26, 2022 | Civil SOL Revival
CHILD USA filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant challenge to the lower court’s ruling that victims of sexual abuse are limited to filing only a single Child Sexual Abuse Act (“CSAA”) claim under New Jersey’s two-year revival window, and that...
Sep 15, 2022 | Child Sex Abuse
CHILD USA, together with the National Center for Victims of Crime, filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant challenging the lower court’s ruling that reduced the jury’s verdict on punitive damages to the maximum amount of $250,000 allowed...
Sep 6, 2022 | Child Sex Abuse, SOL Reform
CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief to supply the New York Court of Appeals with the legislative and public policies undergirding the New York Child Victims Act. It also presents current research on the impact that abuse has on individuals, including the many years it...