(a) A person who, as a minor under 16 years of age, was the victim of sexual abuse may maintain an action for recovery of damages against the perpetrator of the act or acts of sexual abuse based on the perpetrator’s intentional conduct for an injury or condition suffered as a result of the sexual abuse.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.55.650

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
(b) If the defendant committed more than one act of sexual abuse on the plaintiff, the plaintiff is not required to prove which specific act caused the injury.
(c) In this section, “sexual abuse” means an act committed by the defendant against the plaintiff maintaining the cause of action if the defendant’s conduct would have violated a provision of Alaska Stat. § 11.41.410 – 11.41.440 or 11.41.450 – 11.41.458, former Alaska Stat. § 11.15.120, 11.15.134, or 11.15.160, or former Alaska Stat. § 11.40.110 at the time it was committed.
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