What We Do
Knuuttila Law represents AND ADVOCATES FOR SURVIVORS OF sexual assault, child sexual abuse and other sexual crimes in civil litigation.
We specialize in:
intrafamilial child sexual abuse claims
child sexual abuse claims against individual perpetrators
child sexual abuse claims against a perpetrator's employer including: public elementary and secondary schools, boarding and other private schools, youth serving organizations, sports teams and associations
sexual assault claims
Title IX gender discrimination claims against public and private schools, colleges and universities arising out of sexual abuse and / or sexual assault
campus disciplinary proceedings / investigations arising out of sexual assault and other code of conduct violations
assault / battery claims
therapist boundary violation and other professional misconduct claims
209A / 258E restraining order hearings
DO YOU HAVE time to file suit?
In June 2014, the Massachusetts legislature extended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases:
TORT claims against a PERPETRATOR - suit can be filed until age 53 or within 7 years of linking the abuse to your injuries, whichever is later (G.L. c. 260 sec 4); and
NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION claims against a SUPERVISOR - suit can be filed until age 53 or within 7 years of linking the abuse to your injuries, whichever is later (G.L. c. 260 sec 4C1/2).
The statute applies retroactively for claims against a PERPETRATOR and for claims against a NEGLIGENT SUPERVISOR in which the 7 year discovery rule is invoked. (Session Laws 2014, 145 sec 8).