Civil Litigation
Jan. 11, 2022
Pain and suffering of deceased plaintiff to be litigated
James Bartko, Fresno State's former athletic director, who developed a drinking problem allegedly caused by trauma from childhood sexual assualt, died in 2020 of liver failure, three days after he announced the filing of a sexual assault lawsuit.
Lawyers for a deceased athletic director who said he was sexually abused as a child by an Oakland priest, filed a complaint under a new California law that allows dead plaintiffs to seek noneconomic damages.
That child, James Bartko, grew up to be Fresno State's former athletic director and the University of Oregon's associate athletic administrator. However, Bartko, who developed a drinking problem, allegedly caused by trauma from the se...
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