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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We are now accepting proposal forms for our 2010 National Conference, Civil Actions for Criminal Acts.

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In The News
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 •   Delaware Crime: Ex-Judge Admits Molesting Boy   
By Sean O'Sullivan / Delaware Online / Standing in front of the building where William C. Bradley Jr. had been a judge until last week, attorneys Thursday handed out a one-page, two-sentence statement from the former jurist admitting he molested an 11-year-old boy more than 30 years ago.
 •   Hijack Victims Sue Crowell & Moring   
By Zach Lowe / The Am Law Daily / Two American victims of a 1986 hijacking are suing their former firm, Crowell & Moring, claiming the firm misled them about how rewards from a larger suit against Libya would be distributed, according to The National Law Journal, an Am Law Daily sibling publication.
 •   RI Judge OKs $176M Settlement in Deadly Club Fire   
By Eric Tucker / Associated Press / A federal judge overseeing lawsuits stemming from a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people endorsed a $176 million settlement Thursday, bringing survivors and victims' relatives closer to receiving money and moving years of arduous legal wrangling towa...
 •   Family Awarded Damages in Hate Crime Lawsuit   
CLCCRUL / An Illinois jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a Chicago family who was harassed by a neighbor because of their race.
 •   Rape Victims Awarded $11 Million- Doctor Failed to Prevent Assault   
By Robert Gavin / Times Union / Two teenage sisters have been awarded $11 million in a malpractice lawsuit against a prominent Saranac Lake pediatrician who failed to take steps to prevent the girls from being repeatedly sexually assaulted by their half-brother when they were children in Lake Placid...
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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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