🔒 OT: Supreme Court rejects OSU's Attempt to Have Wrestler Abuse Claims Dismissed

Submitted by jjelliso on June 26th, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Today the Supreme Court declined to hear Ohio State's's appeal from a 6th Circuit decision that claims brought against the university by former wrestlers seeking to hold OSU liable for Strauss's abuse were not barred by the statute of limitations.  This clears the way for a trial and significantly increases the amount the plaintiffs are likely to get in a settlement from OSU.  

Story here.

[ Locked, I am removing anything and everything that strayed too far into politics.  Will be leaving the OP and pertinent comments.

​​​​​​Let's refrain from posting any additional threads on this particular Supreme Court ruling. -rob f]

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klctlc

June 26th, 2023 at 3:29 PM ^

Not an MGO Lawyer, but doesn't Michigan have exposure here too?  I do believe an issue here was timing of the filling, but this could be a problem for a lot of universities, which is good.  Curious if MGO lawyers can assist on long term ramifications for other entities that sweep these issues under the rug.

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Angry-Dad

June 26th, 2023 at 4:29 PM ^

SOL vary from state to state.  They also vary from criminal and civil.  What some jurisdictions have done is expand the SOL for delayed reporting type offenses (ex: sexual abuse). I have not followed the specifics of the OSU case (other than understanding the basic allegations).  Most clocks do not start running until the wrong doing is discovered.  This prevents rewarding companies and institutions for "cover-up" behavior.  That seems to be the courts rationale in this case. 

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