Sliney v. Previte
Annotate this CaseIn 2012, Plaintiff filed an action alleging that Defendant had sexually abused her between 1968 and 1977, when she was a child. Until June 2014, civil actions alleging sexual abuse of a minor were governed by a three-year statute of limitations. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, 4C. Section 4C was amended effective June 2014 to extend the limitations period to thirty-five years. The superior court in this case dismissed the complaint on statute of limitations grounds. The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court, holding (1) under the circumstances of this case, section 4C’s extended statute of limitations applies to Plaintiff’s case; and (2) the retroactive application is constitutional as applied to Defendant. Remanded.
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