Suing on Borrowed Time: The Appropriate Statute of Limitations in Federal Civil Rights CasesFederal civil rights actionsstatutes of limitationborrowing statutespersonal injury claimsintentional tortsOwens & Lessard v. OkureThis article previews the issues and arguments in Owens & Lessard v. Okure, on ...
A new law in Maryland that lifts the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits in child sexual abuse cases went into effect Sunday. In response, lawsuits representing more than 400 plaintiffs are being filed against the state over alleged child sex crimes that took place over decades in the ...
Statute of limitations, legislative act restricting the time within which legal proceedings may be brought, usually to a fixed period after the occurrence of the events that gave rise to the cause of action. Such statutes are enacted to protect persons a