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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.