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THE SECOND DEPARTMENT JOINED THE FIRST AND THIRD DEPARTMENTS IN HOLDING THAT THE EXTENDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THE CHILD VICTIMS ACT APPLIES TO A NEW YORK RESIDENT WHO WAS ABUSED OUT-OF-STATE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, joining the First and Third Departments, determined an action brought under the Child Victims Act by a person who was a resident of New York at the time the cause of action accrued can take advantage of the extended statute of limitations (CPLR 214-g) even where the wrongful conduct occurred out-of-state:

The plaintiff alleges that, when he was a resident of New York, he was the victim of childhood sexual abuse committed against him by Philip Foglietta, a football coach, while attending summer football camp in Vermont in 1972 and in Massachusetts in 1973 and 1975. * * *

… [W]e agree with the Appellate Division, First and Third Departments, that a plaintiff’s residence in New York at the time his or her claims or causes of action accrued is sufficient to bring those claims or causes of action within the purview of CPLR 214-g, even where, as here, the wrongful conduct underlying the New York resident’s causes of action occurred out-of-state … . * * *

The appellants’ focus on the location of the alleged wrongdoing is misplaced in this context, because the subject of CPLR 214-g is not the wrongful conduct itself, but rather the statute of limitations or notice of claim requirements that barred some New Yorkers from recovering damages for the underlying wrongdoing. CPLR 214-g did not criminalize or penalize behavior that was previously lawful, nor did it create a new private right of action. Rather, the statute revived prior claims or causes of action that already existed but were barred either because of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or the plaintiff’s failure to file a timely notice of claim (see id. § 214-g). Smith v Pro Camps, Ltd., 2024 NY Slip Op 02074, Second Dept 4-17-24

Practice Point: The Child Victims Act extends the statute of limitations for a plaintiff who was a New York resident at the time the cause of action accrued, even if the abuse took place in another state.

 

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