Litigation
Mar. 25, 2011
Old Law Gets New Life
A recent ruling in a sex abuse lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles shows how the Alien Tort Statute is becoming increasingly popular in the plaintiffs bar.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge's recent decision to allow a sex abuse lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to proceed based on an obscure 1789 law is another example of how the Alien Tort Statute has become increasingly popular with the plaintiffs bar.
The lawsuit, Doe 1 v. Mahony, 10-02902 (U.S. Dist. Ct. Central District, filed April 10, 2010), may still be dismissed, and lawyer...
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