State ex rel. The Florida Bar v. Kimmel

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• holding constitutional statute abolishing statute of limitations for claims of childhood sexual abuse and creating two-year window for revived claims
• noting that the General Assembly \made a policy decision to set gross negligence as the floor-not the ceiling-for invoking [the Child Victim's Act's] applicability\
• explaining that, in a sexual abuse case, general causation related to the type of injuries that survivors of childhood sexual abuse suffer, while specific causation related to the actual cause of the plaintiff’s injuries
• addressing claims for negligence against several institutional defendants for damages under Delaware’s Child Victim’s Act
• “The General Assembly, in Section 8145, made a policy decision to set gross negligence as the floor. . . for invoking the statute‟s applicability.”
• “Under Delaware law, [a statute reviving previously barred claims] can be applied retroactively because it affects matters of procedure and remedies, not substantive or vested rights.”

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