With a ruling last week, two federal court judges have now reached different conclusions about whether damages could be sought in cases before them of sexual abuse that occurred decades ago.
Southern District Judge John Koeltl (See Profile) dismissed Twersky v. Yeshiva University, 13 Civ. 4679, a case in which 34 former students at Yeshiva University High School for Boys sought $680 million in damages for alleged abuse between 1968 and 1992 at the hands of an administrator, a teacher, and a one-time student who they claimed was given free run of the dorms.
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