No after-the-fact extension of statute of limitations

In an opinion bound to disappoint victims of childhood abuse, the Illinois Supreme Court has held that the legislature cannot amend a statute of limitations so as to revive causes of action that had already become time-barred by a prior version of the statute. The opinion is Doe A. v Diocese of Dallas, 2009 WL 3063427 (Ill Sup Ct). Read about it in the November Illinois Bar Journal.