Youth Sex Abuse Victims’ ‘Bad-Men’ Claim Against Doctor Time-Barred, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 11, 2022, 8:12 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge on March 9 dismissed as untimely a suit by five Native Americans seeking damages under the “bad men” provision of a treaty for their childhood sexual abuse by an Indian Health Service (IHS) doctor, but with leave to pursue claims against government officials who knew about the abuse and failed to report it....