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NJSBA urges retroactive application of expanded sexual assault statute of limitations

The New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) filed a motion to appear as amicus curiae in a case that centers on the whether a Tort Claims Notice is required in cases that arose prior to legislation that expanded the statute of limitations of sexual assault cases.

In W.S. v. Hildreth, Docket No. 086633, the NJSBA is urging the Court to affirm the Appellate Division's ruling that the plaintiff's claim "was resuscitated under the newly enacted statute of limitations in N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2a" and the elimination of the need to file a notice of claim. Former NJSBA Trustee Craig J. Hubert and current trustee Thomas J. Manzo, both of Szaferman Lakind, wrote the brief.