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• Sexual Assault Lawsuits

  March 6, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

• Illinois Juvenile Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Continue To Mount, Highlighting Systemic Pattern of Misconduct at Detention Facilities

  February 20, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Another 133 former inmates of the Illinois juvenile detention system say they suffered horrific child sexual abuse at the hands of state employees, bringing the total number of claims to about 800.

• MDL Sought for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Against Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

  February 17, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Some plaintiffs are asking a panel of federal judges to consolidate all child sex abuse lawsuits filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints before one California federal judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Maryland Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Cleared To Move Forward by State Supreme Court

  February 4, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The Maryland Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Maryland Child Victims Act, which removed the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse lawsuits in the state.

• Judge Allows Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Agape Christian Boarding School To Proceed

  January 28, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawsuit alleges that years of sexual and physical abuse at Agape Boarding School in Missouri as a minor caused a former student to commit suicide years later.

• New York Psychiatric Hospital Chain Faces 20 Sexual Assault Lawsuits by Former Patients

  December 16, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Two Four Winds Hospitals in New York face a total of 20 lawsuits by former psychiatric patients who say they were sexually abused at the facilities as children.

• Los Angeles Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Payouts To Top $1.5B With Latest Settlement

  October 17, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay an additional $880 million to resolve nearly 2,000 child sexual abuse claims, increasing total payouts made by the Catholic Church to more than $1.5 billion.

• Hundreds of Additional Lawsuits Filed Over Child Abuse in Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers

  September 25, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Former Illinois juvenile detention center residents say they were victims of systemic child sexual abuse and physical abuse, which the state took every opportunity to ignore.

• Constitutionality of Maryland’s Child Victims Act Being Weighed by State Supreme Court After Oral Arguments

  September 11, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The Maryland Supreme Court is weighing the constitutionality of the state’s Child Victims Act, which eliminated statute of limitations on child sexual abuse lawsuits brought against perpetrators and entities that enabled the conduct.

• Brighter Path Tuskegee Youth Facility Faces Child Abuse Lawsuit

  August 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed against the Brighter Path Tuskegee youth detention facility alleges staffers encouraged fighting and gambling among young male inmates, leading to numerous child abuse injuries and trauma.