South Dakota Legislature Quashes New Childhood-Sexual-Abuse Bill Stephanie Woodard February 09, 2012 “It was a sad day,” said Mary Jane Wanna, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, of the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee killing a bill to remove the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse. The measure was presented on February 6, by Representative […]
Testimony Before Hawaii Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor on S.B. 2588
Testimony Before the New York City Council, Committee on Education, • Relative to NYC Council Res. 1155-2011
Testimony Before Hawaii House of Rep. Committee on Human Services on H.B.1933
As of this writing, three (maybe four) men have come forward to allege that, as boys, they were sexually abused by Syracuse associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine. At first, Fine’s boss, the legendary Jim Boeheim, stood by Fine and attacked the first two men, Bobby Davis and Mike Lang, claiming that they were just […]
Testimony Before the Pennsylvania Assembly Committee on Children and Youth Hearing • Relative to Statute of Limitations Reform
holding that Plaintiff could not toll his claim based on allegations of Defendant’s breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent concealment because Plaintiff did not sufficiently plead that he was “unaware of the facts giving rise to his negligence claim.”
At first glance, the news that Massachusetts is considering a bill that would require clergy members to report child abuse might seem shocking. Of all the people in our culture who we would think would be operating in children’s best interests, it would be the clergy. We assume not only that they are protecting children, but […]
Hawaii’s Battle Over Its Statutes of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse: Why the Legislature Was Right to Unanimously Vote for Reform, and Why the Governor Should Not Fulfill His Veto Threat View Article as a PDF