Supreme Court sides with expanded protections for child sexual abuse survivors regarding notices of claim. The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with arguments advanced by the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and held that amendments to the Child Sexual Assault Act (CSAA) dispensing of the requirement to file a Tort Claims Act (TCA) notice within 90 days applied where the cause of action accrued earlier than the effective date of the amendments to the law. In W.S. v. Hildreth, the Court found in favor of the plaintiff, whose cause of action accrued in 2016. The defendant’s motion to dismiss was denied, which decision was affirmed by the Appellate Division.

The holding was consistent with the Association’s position sought in its amicus curiae brief arguing that the sweeping changes in the statute should be applied here because that was the intent of the changes in the law.