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Torts/Personal Injury

Aug. 7, 2024

Recent ruling on childhood sexual abuse bill could revive lawsuit against SF school district

The school district's attorneys had previously argued that the "retroactive liability" provided for plaintiffs under AB 218 violated the "gift clause" of the California Constitution.

An anonymous sexual assault victim asked a San Francisco judge to lift the stay on his negligence lawsuit against San Francisco Unified School District in an ex parte application filed on Monday, arguing that a recent appellate decision regarding the constitutionality of AB 218 gave new life to his claims.

The plaintiff originally accused the school district of failing to protect him from being sexually abused by a former Lowell High School counselor nearly 20 years ago. The lawsu...

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