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Date: 10-31-2025
Case Style: Randy Ball v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester and others.
Case Number: 2024-0606
Judge: Leonard
Court: Superior Court, Merrimack County, New Hamsphire
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Description: Concord, New Hampshire, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence theory.
Randy Ball, sued the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester and Camp Bernadette and Camp Fatima, Inc. the defendants) that alleged negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of an employee who sexually abused him when he attended camp in the 1970s.
In 2005, the legislature enacted RSA 508:4-g, which set forth a distinct limitations period for personal actions based upon sexual assault and related offenses. Laws 2005, ch. 283. In 2008, the legislature amended RSA 508:4-g to extend this limitations period. Laws 2008, 193:1. Then, in 2020, the legislature amended RSA 508:4-g to, as relevant to this appeal, remove the limitations period. Laws 2020, 24:11; RSA 508:4-g.
Legal issue Can a statute removing the statute of limitations for sexual assault claims be applied retroactively without violating constitutional protections against retrospective laws?
Key Phrases Negligent hiring, retention, and supervision. Statute of limitations defense. Retrospective application of the law. New Hampshire Constitution Part I, Article 23. Vested right in statute of limitations.
Outcome: Summary judgment in favor of the Defendants.
Affirmed
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