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Over a 1,000 sex abuse lawsuits filed, deadline approaches

Some commonly sued organizations are running out of money for settlements

11/29/2021

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Over a 1,000 sex abuse lawsuits filed, deadline approaches

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Some commonly sued organizations are running out of money for settlements

Tuesday is the deadline for sexual abuse victims in New Jersey to file lawsuits against their abusers regardless of when the abuse happened. The two-year window for filing opened in December 2019, when Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that temporarily waived the statute of limitations that typically exist for such lawsuits.

11/29/2021

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