Group suing Maine’s Catholic Church asks high court to reconsider statute of limitations ruling
A group of people suing Maine’s Catholic Church has asked the state’s highest court to reconsider a ruling that bars them ...
Maine supreme court asked to reconsider statute of limitations ruling in sex abuse cases
After the law was passed, dozens of adults successfully sued the church, claiming they were abused by clergy members decades ...
Maine high court strikes down law that allowed lawsuits for decades-long sex abuse claims
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a 2021 law that had paved the way for dozens of child sexual assault lawsuits.
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Maine's highest court strikes down removal of time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
The diocese has received many lawsuits alleging long-ago abuse by priests. Lawyers for the diocese told the Maine Supreme Judicial Court during arguments that they felt the removal of time limits was ...
How a Maine court ruling on child sex abuse claims compares with the rest of the country
A battle is being waged across states about whether 'retroactive laws' reviving expired claims under previous statutes of ...
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Justice Wathen to discuss mass shooting commission’s work at Lewiston Public Library
The program will feature a conversation between former Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen and Sun ...
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Maine supreme court rules 2021 child sex abuse law is unconstitutional
Most have died. In the 100-page ruling issued Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the justices said the court has never allowed the state to allow people to bring claims that have already ...
Federal judge considers whether to pause Maine's 72-hour gun-purchase waiting period amid lawsuit
A Supreme Court ruling that made it more difficult to enact gun safety legislation could jeopardize Maine's new three-day ...