The statute of limitations, abuse cases, and Delaware

According to this news story, the Delaware Supreme Court is considering a case that could "sink" a number of clergy-sexual-abuse cases:

In court briefs and in court, attorneys for the Oblates argued that the Legislature did not have the authority to suspend the civil statute of limitations, which allowed the vast majority of the priest sexual-abuse lawsuits to be filed seeking damages for abuse that took place as long as 40 or 50 years ago.

The law suspended the statute of limitations -- which normally expires two years after the act or acts at issue -- for a two-year window that closed in 2009.

Stay tuned. . .