Holding: A plaintiff alleging sexual abuse in the 1970s could not revive his lawsuit under a 2020 law eliminating time limits for sexual assault claims because the defendants had a vested right in their statute of limitations defense once the original deadline expired.
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Ball v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester (2025 N.H. 45) is a Church & State case decided by the State Appellate Court in 2025. The court held that a plaintiff alleging sexual abuse in the 1970s could not revive his lawsuit under a 2020 law eliminating time limits for sexual assault claims because the defendants had a vested right in their statute of limitations defense once the original deadline expired.