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.


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



Our new attorney referral phone line has been opened. If you are a victim seeking a referral, please call (202) 467-8716.
In The News
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 •   PA Family Receives $5m in Damages for State's Care of Child   
By Susan K. Livio / The Star-Ledger / NCVBA member Beth Baldinger settled a case in which the state will pay a PA family $5 million in damages for the physical and sexual abuse their adopted daughter suffered as a baby while under the care of New Jersey’s Division of Youth and Family Services.
 •   'Victim 1' Hires Lawyers in Penn State Abuse Case   
The Associated Press / Philadelphia-area lawyers Michael Boni and National Crime Victim Bar Association Sustaining member Slade McLaughlin said in a statement Monday that they have been retained to represent Victim 1 and his mother.
 •   Penn State Case Brings Other Victims Forward   
By Marisol Bello / USA Today / The Penn State scandal is encouraging victims of child sexual abuse to come forward and share experiences they've kept hidden for years, lawyers and advocates for victims say.
 •   Syracuse Sex Abuse Scandal: Who Should You Believe?   
By Connie Whitener / Examiner / The number of victims is unknown because the crime is committed in such a covert manner. Dani the Poet, who releases her third project, Dual Diagnoses tonight at Wine-up, expressed that victims are not the minority, but the majority in her poem "Kindred Spirits". Wi...
 •   Penn State Scandal Emboldens Other Abuse Victims   
By Barbara Bradley Hagerty / NPR / Several attorneys told NPR they've seen a spike in phone calls from people with long-buried secrets. Kelly Clark, an attorney in Portland, Ore., says about 30 of them came forward last week with stories of abuse by Boy Scout leaders, Catholic priests, Mormon leader...
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The following article by NCVBA Allied Professional member Norman Bates, "Premises Security Experts and Admissibility Considerations under Daubert and Kumho: A Revised Standard," was recently published by the Suffolk Journal or Trial and Appellate Advocacy.

Click here to read.
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If you are a victim of crime seeking a referral to a civil attorney, please call our Helpline at 1-800-FYI-CALL.
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 
On-Demand.
Free Previews.

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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