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• JPML Declines to Consolidate Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sexual Assault Lawsuits

  April 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has decided that all child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Mormon church will proceed as individual claims, without centralized discovery or pretrial proceedings, since each of the cases are too varied to benefit from consolidation.

• Former Baltimore Area Priest Arrested for Child Sex Abuse

  April 7, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Former priest arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges regarding incidents 30 years ago when he worked at a Baltimore-area Catholic School.

• Damage Caps on Maryland Child Victims Act Lawsuits Sought As State Faces 4,500 Sexual Abuse Claims

  April 4, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  With the state of Maryland facing at least 4,500 child sexual abuse lawsuits, some lawmakers are now attempting to pass legislation that would cap the amount of damages survivors can recover.

• 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.

• 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.