On May 24, 2022, Governor Hochul signed into law the Adult Survivors Act in New York State, which affects victims of sexual assault who were over 18 at the time of the assault. Modeled after the New York Child Victims Act, the Adult Survivor Act allows anyone who experienced sexual assault as an adult to file a lawsuit against their attacker and others for up to one year, regardless of when the assault occurred.
The Adult Survivor Act allows anyone who was a victim of sexual assault (including rape) to file a lawsuit against their attacker and others starting six months from the date the law was enacted (November 25, 2022). Victims of sexual assault will have until November 2023 (a one-year look-back period) to file a sexual assault or rape lawsuit in civil court.
The Act allows New York State sexual assault and rape victims to file a lawsuit based on anything that would have been considered an act of sexual assault or lead to sexual assault, no matter when it occurred. It also allows rape victims who were denied the right to file a lawsuit due to violation of the statute of limitations the right to file their lawsuit within the one-year look-back period. Finally, the Act allows victims to refile lawsuits that were previously dismissed due to statute of limitations defenses.
Read more about this on the website blog: https://bit.ly/NYSASA
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