When no authority disciplined the cops involved, the victims sued.
In addition, the victims of some school shootings have sued both the shooters' families and the schools.
Connecticut allows victims of child sexual abuse to sue until their 48th birthday.
Another 60 victims could not sue for compensation because they were older than 48 years.
The law allows victims of discrimination to sue employers for damages.
Police officers and rape crisis counselors often suggest that victims sue.
Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
Strict liability has become a basis on which a victim can sue a producer.
If there was any punishment, she said, it usually came in civil court, where victims and their families could sue for financial compensation.
When the victim later sued, a jury found that the phone company was not liable.