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• Child Sexual Abuse Survivors To Receive $150M in Payouts From Buffalo Diocese

  April 24, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The Buffalo Diocese has declared it will pay $150 million to child sexual abuse survivors as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

• 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.

• Judge Urged To Consolidate Multiple Uber Sexual Assault Lawsuits for First Bellwether Trial

  April 9, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has been asked by survivors of Uber sexual assaults to have the first bellwether trial involve multiple plaintiffs, to help gauge how juries may respond to evidence that will be repeated throughout more than 1,900 similar claims.

• 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.

• Uber Sex Abuse Lawsuits Selected for Bellwether Discovery and Test Trials in MDL

  February 26, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties involved in Uber sex abuse lawsuits have proposed 20 cases that could serve as potential bellwether lawsuits, each charging the rideshare service with failing to protect passengers from sexual assaults by drivers.

• 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.

• Group of 20 Uber Driver Sexual Assault Lawsuits Will Be Prepared for Bellwether Trials in Dec. 2025

  December 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs and defendants have each been directed to select 10 Uber driver sexual assault lawsuits to serve as potential bellwether trials by February 14, 2025, which will then go through case-specific discovery to prepare for early test trials.