Most of the New York Child Victims Act lawsuits remain in limbo five years later

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Most of the New York Child Victims Act lawsuits remain in limbo five years later

Back in 2019, James Manfredonia and some of his former Little League teammates thought they would finally be able to confront the coach who they allege abused them decades ago when they sued him under New York’s Child Victims Act.Five years later, they have yet to get a trial date, and their lawsuit against Tony Sagona remains in limbo.The Sagona case is no outlier. For two years, from 2019 to 2021, 10,783 lawsuits were filed under the Child Victims Act in New York on behalf of 14,588 men and women who say teachers, coaches, priests and other authority figures sexually ..