Torts/Personal Injury
Feb. 3, 2025
The conflict between protected sexual history evidence and damages in childhood sexual abuse cases
Childhood sexual abuse survivors face significant non-economic damages, including emotional distress and sexual dysfunction, but best practices avoid claiming sexual damages to protect privacy and prevent violating CCP 2017.220, which shields sexual history from discovery.





Victims of childhood sexual abuse have enormous non-economic damages, including emotional and mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, anxiety, humiliation, and shame. These non-economic damages inherently include sexual dysfunction damages. Sexual dysfunction can include actual physical sexual dysfunction, a loss of interest in sexual activity, hyper-sexualization, sexual addiction, and more. However, the best practice is to avoid specifically claiming or enumerating "se...
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