PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY KODY LEIBOWITZ MONDAY, JUNE 13TH 2016
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Is retroactivity for civil lawsuits constitutional?
It’s a question state senators answered over the battle of the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases.
The house previously passed a bill in April making civil suits retroactive. The bill came out after the grand jury investigation for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.
The hearing lasted three hours Monday morning inside a packed Senate committee room.
And the entire hearing was trying to answer one question: will passing a bill that allows civil lawsuits to be retroactive hold up legally?
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