MATTER OF ALL PLAINTIFFS IN CHILD VICTIMS ACT NYC LITIG. v. ALL DEFENDANTS IN CHILD VICTIMS ACT NYC LITIG.

Index Nos. 950000/20, 999999/20, 70061/20E, 512321/20, 400044/20, 151917/19, 502720/20, 950137/19, 950225/19 950051/20. Appeal No. 14782. Case Nos. 2021-01844, 2021-01846, 2021-01861, 2021-01890, 2021-01905, 2021-02060, 2021-02306, 2021-02359, 2021-02360.

200 A.D.3d 476 (2021)

160 N.Y.S.3d 7

2021 NY Slip Op 06820

In the Matter of All Plaintiffs in Child Victims Act NYC Litigation v. All Defendants in Child Victims Act NYC Litigation. Anita Coote, Respondent, v. Archdiocese of New York et al., Appellants. Jeremiah Suppes, Respondent, v. Diocese of Brooklyn, Appellant, et al., Defendants. E.T., Respondent, v. Diocese of Brooklyn et al., Appellants. Bruce H. Morrison, Sr., Respondent, v. New York Archdiocese et al., Defendants, and The American Legion, Appellant. Gloria Pfeiffer, Respondent, v. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, et al., Defendants, and The Province of St. Mary of the Capuchin Order, Appellant. Anonymous MR, Respondent, v. Archdiocese of New York et al., Defendants, and The Society of African Missions Trustees Company Limited by Guarantee, Doing Business as Society of African Missions-Ireland Province, et al., Appellants. Anonymous PM, Respondent, v. Archdiocese of New York et al., Defendants, and The Society of African Missions Trustees Company Limited by Guarantee, Doing Business as Society of African Missions-Ireland Province, et al., Appellants. James Filardi, Respondent, v. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leahey & Johnson, P.C., New York ( Peter James Johnson and Joanne Filiberti of counsel), for the Archdiocese of New York and Defendants liaison counsel for Child Victims Act (CVA) Litigation, appellants.

McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C., New York ( Kenneth S. Ross of counsel), for St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, appellant.

Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt LLP, Lake Success ( Christopher Simone of counsel), for The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, member firm of Defendants Liaison counsel for CVA Litigation, appellant.

Scahill Law Group P.C., Bethpage ( James G. Flynn of counsel), for the Roman Catholic Church of St. Clement Pope, appellant.

Kiernan Trebach LLP, New York ( Alexander H. Gillespie of counsel), for the American Legion, appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, New York ( Concepcion A. Montoya of counsel), for the Province of St. Mary of the Capuchin Order, appellant.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York ( Nicholas Hurzeler of counsel), for The Society of African Missions Trustees Company, appellants.

Harrington, Ocko & Monk LLP, White Plains ( Dawn Foster of counsel), for The New York Foundling and Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent DePaul of New York, appellants.

Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols & Porter, LLP, Garden City ( Joseph P. Muscarella of counsel), for The USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus, Inc., The New York Province of the Society of Jesus, The Jesuits of Fordham, Inc., and Mount Manresa, appellants.

Rivkin, Radler LLP, Uniondale ( Matthew A. Lampert of counsel), for The New York Province of the Society of Jesus, The USA Northeast Province of The Society of Jesus, Inc., St. Ignatius Retreat House, Inc. and McQuaid Jesuit High School, appellants.

Gair Gair Conason Rubinowitz Bloom Hershenhorn Steigman & Mackauf, New York ( Richard M. Steigman of counsel), for plaintiff's liaison counsel for NYC Child Victims Act Litigation, respondents.

James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A., New York ( Craig K. Vernon of counsel), for Anita Coote, respondent.

Marsh Law Firm PLLC, New York ( James R. Marsh of counsel), for Jeremiah Suppes, respondent.

Herman Law, New York ( Stuart S. Mermelstein of counsel), for E.T., respondent.

Nagel Rice, LLP, New York ( Bradley L. Rice of counsel), for Bruce H. Morrison Sr., respondent.

Levy Konigsberg, LLP, New York ( Matthew J. Shock of counsel), for James A. Filardi, respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Gische, Webber, Friedman, Kennedy, JJ.


This appeal concerns the thousands of cases commenced across New York City under the recently enacted Child Victims Act (CVA), which extended the time in which certain cases involving sexual misconduct against children could be brought (see CPLR 208[b]; 214-g). These cases were informally aggregated pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.72(a) and assigned to Justice Silver as the CVA Regional Part Judge.

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