Maryland faces difficult choices when it comes to the size of financial damages available to victims of childhood sexual ...

Survivors of child sex abuse in Maryland must file their lawsuits by May 31 if they want to avoid a new law that limits the amount of compensation a person can receive under the Child Victims Act.

Attorneys and victims are concerned that new damage caps on child sex abuse claims in Maryland will make justice for survivors unobtainable.

Advocates are pressing survivors of child clergy sexual abuse to file court action soon due to a change in Maryland state law.

(The Daily Record/File Photo) A new Maryland law limiting both public and private institutions’ liability under the Child Victims Act has thrown a wrench in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

Eighty-five more people have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually abused while in custody in Maryland's juvenile detention system, according to a law firm. The lawsuits, filed by New York ...

In seven lawsuits filed last week, the former Scouts said the alleged abusers used their “power, authority and trust” to coerce them to engage in sexual acts.

Anticipating more than 1,000 claims under the Child Victims Act — which ended the statute ... impasse declaration by the Committee regarding Maryland’s Doctrine of Charitable Immunity in ...

Governor Wes Moore fast tracked sweeping changes to Maryland’s Child Victims Act. The law first passed in 2023 removed the statute of limitations for filing child abuse lawsuits and was widely ...

“It’s a liability discount, is what it is,” she said. Two years ago, Maryland passed the Child Victims Act, which removed the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims. This ...

Leaders of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests organization are urging survivors of sexual abuse by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to file a civil lawsuit.