Colorado court reviews law to allow sex abuse survivors to sue
A 2021 state law that makes it possible for child sex abuse survivors to file a lawsuit decades after the assault is being reviewed by the Colorado Supreme Court.
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A 2021 state law that makes it possible for child sex abuse survivors to file a lawsuit decades after the assault is being reviewed by the Colorado Supreme Court.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday stared down two possibilities: If it decides a 2021 law designed to help survivors of childhood sex abuse is unconstitutional, many victims will have no avenue to hold their abusers or the institutions that harbored them legally liable. On the other hand, if the court upholds the law, then schools, churches and other organizations that sponsor youth programming may face financial ruin in order to defend against allegations from decades in the past.