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• University of Michigan Faces 11 Sex Abuse Lawsuits Over Actions of Former Doctor

  March 9, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A number of lawsuits filed against the University of Michigan claims it failed to protect students from a former, deceased, doctor who reportedly molested students for years.

• Compensation Claims For Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse May Be Presented By Thousands Amid Bankruptcy Proceedings

  March 4, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The Boy Scouts expect 1,000 to 5,000 additional child sex abuse claims will be filed in the coming months, and expect a deadline for filing ahead of its bankruptcy restructuring will be announced before the end of the year.

• Lawsuit Alleges Woman is a Survivor of Sex Trafficking In Popular Chain Motels in California

  February 28, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A hotel sex trafficking lawsuit indicates a woman was sold for commercial sex at Motel 6, Super 8 and Clarion Inn hotels in Santa Clara, California for two years when she was still a minor.

• Catholic Diocese in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Files For Bankruptcy Amid Mounting Sexual Abuse Claims

  February 25, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Pennsylvania diocese has filed for bankruptcy in the face of growing costs linked to child sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it in recent years.

• Maryland and New Hampshire Among States Considering Changes To Sex Abuse Statute Of Limitation Laws

  February 24, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Maryland and New Hampshire are the latest states to consider major changes to allow previously time-barred child sex abuse lawsuits to be filed years or even decades after the incidents occurred.

• Catholic School Abuse Lawsuit Alleges Priests, Teachers and Administrators Groomed Student for Sexual Assault

  February 21, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Catholic Church sexual abuse lawsuit claims a boy was repeatedly raped and abused by three former priests, and that the Diocese of Syracuse knew about their behavior but failed to act to protect the children in its parish.

• Richmond Catholic Church Sex Abuse Settlement Fund Established By Diocese

  February 19, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia has established a settlement fund for victims of Catholic Church child sex abuse.

• Sex Abuse Problems in Boy Scouts of America Drives Organization Into Bankruptcy Amid Mounting Lawsuits, Liability

  February 18, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The Boy Scouts of America have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the face of hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits.

• Lawsuits Over Sex Trafficking in Hotels Nationwide To Proceed Without MDL Centralization

  February 11, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has rejected efforts to combine all hotel sex trafficking lawsuits filed in federal courts nationwide before one judge for pretrial proceedings.

• More Than A Dozen Reform School Abuse Lawsuits Being Pursued Against Defunct Glen Mills School in Pennsylvania

  February 3, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Five new lawsuits filed against the former Glen Mills reform school in Pennsylvania claim staffers there both physically and sexually assaulted boys there on a regular basis.