Helping Crime Victims Pursue Civil Justice

Our Mission
 The NCVBA provides technical support to attorneys representing crime victims in civil actions, refers crime victims to lawyers in their local area, and works to increase general awareness about the availability
of civil remedies for victims of crime.

State Laws
State-by-state survey of Apportionment of Fault between negligent and intentional tortfeasors.


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 •   Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying: Parents Sue School for Son's Death   
By Susan Donaldson James / ABC News / Eric Mohat, 17, was harassed so mercilessly in high school that he took his own life. Now his parents have filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying that their son endured abuses in front of school officials who should have protected him.
 •   Hotel Crime Rises in Recession, but Hotels Say They're Still Safe   
By Gary Stoller / USA Today / More than a billion travelers stay at U.S. hotels each year, and some, like Tubbs, become victims despite the sense of security that locked doors, surveillance cameras and hotel staff provide. And now that the country is in recession, several veterans of hotel security ...
 •   Woman Attacked on Subway Platform as Workers Looked On   
By Mike Celizic / MSNBC / The young woman had been attacked in full view of a New York City subway clerk, then dragged down the steps onto a deserted platform where she was raped and raped again, the assailant not stopping even when a subway train pulled into the station.
 •   Medical Board Permanently Suspends Dr. Levine’s License   
NBC / The North Carolina Medical Board ruled Friday morning to permanently suspend Dr. Melvin Levine's license.
 •   New Mexico Jury Awards $10.2M in Lawsuit against Security Firm   
Associated Press / State district court jurors have awarded $10.2 million to a 28-year-old Albuquerque man who was left a quadriplegic when he was stabbed with an ice pick and stomped in the neck in a brawl watched by a security guard who took no action.
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Thoughts on Tort "Reform"

Case Law Database
The National Crime Victim Bar Association provides Internet access to its Civil Justice Database which contains more than 11,000 annotated summaries of civil cases brought by crime victims.

On-Line CLEs
Continuing Legal Education 
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Current courses:


Picking Civil Juries for Crime Victims

 
Inadequate Security in the Age of Tort Reform

Litigating Title IX on Behalf of Crime Victims

  Obtaining Insurance Coverage: Beyond the Obvious

To see a complete list of courses, click here.
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