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Civil Litigation,
Government

May 10, 2019

Assembly passes bill to extend limit on filing some sex assault civil claims

The state Assembly passed on a 65-0 vote a bill to extend the statute of limitations for civil claims against a USC gynecologist.

The Assembly passed on a 65-0 vote Thursday a bill to extend the statute of limitations for civil claims against a doctor over sexually inappropriate conduct at a student health center that would otherwise be time-barred.

The bill’s specificity, and its reference to misdeeds alleged to have occurred between Jan. 1, 1988 and Jan. 1, 2017, make clear the legislation is aimed at any former USC student who wished to individually sue the...

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