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• Lyft Lawsuit Over Rape by Fraudulent Driver Cleared To Move Forward, Involving Claims App Is a Defective Product

  November 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Court rejected a motion to dismiss the Lyft sexual assault lawsuit, allowing product liability claims to move forward that were brought by a woman who says she was raped while receiving a ride from a driver, who used a fake identity to work for the company.

• 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.

• More than 2,600 Uber Sexual Harassment and Assault Lawsuits Pending in MDL, California

  August 29, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The rideshare service now faces at least 2,600 sexual harassment and assault lawsuits filed by Uber passengers nationwide who say the company did little to prevent attacks by sexually predatory drivers.

• Judge Dismisses Some Uber Driver Sexual Assault Lawsuit Claims Under Texas and California Law, Allowing Plaintiffs to File Amended Complaints

  August 19, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Court indicates the complaints fail to include individualized allegations necessary to establish causation and survive motion to dismiss. However, plaintiffs were given leave to amend complaints and the court will discuss timeline for the filing and challenging of amended complaints at a conference later this month.

• Lyft Settlement Over Sexual Assaults By Drivers Results in Reforms to Address Safety Problems

  July 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Lyft has reached a preliminary settlement to resolve an investor lawsuit alleging the company failed to inform shareholders of problems with sexual assaults by drivers, requiring the company to put in place new reforms to protect passengers.

• Lawsuits Claim Nearly 200 Children Were Sexually Abused At Juvenile Detention Center in Illinois

  July 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Nearly 200 former inmates of a Cook County, Illinois juvenile detention center have filed a lawsuit claiming they were abused at the facility between 1995 and 2022.

• Uber Driver Sexual Assaults and Misconduct Reports Must Be Disclosed in Lawsuit Discovery

  July 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal magistrate judge is forcing Uber to hand over potentially hundreds of thousands of incident files involving reports of passengers who suffered sexual misconduct or sexual assault at the hands of the rideshare service's drivers.

• Juvenile Justice System Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Being Pursued In Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Other States

  July 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Under new laws that opened the child sexual abuse lawsuit statute of limitations, hundreds of individuals formerly held as children in juvenile detention centers are coming forward with allegations of rape and torture.