State pays $2.85 million settlement in case of child sex abuse 
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: child sex abuse, Department of Social and Health Services, sexual abuse, Washington
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services will pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a Grays Harbor County woman who was sexually abused by her father when she was 13 years old.
Jury awards sisters $2 million over abuse
Published: April 26, 2012
Tags: Alaska, child abuse, sexual abuse
After an eight-day trial, a Kenai, Alaska jury has awarded $2 million to two sisters who were abused in foster care.
State law doesn’t revive priest sex abuse claims
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: negligent hiring, sexual abuse, statute of limitations
State law does not authorize the revival of personal injury claims brought by men who alleged that in recent years they discovered that their psychological problems were due to sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s, the California Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a dismissal.
Expert couldn’t testify on reliability of confession
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: expert testimony, sexual abuse
A child sex abuse defendant could not introduce an expert to testify regarding the reliability of confessions that she later claimed were involuntary, New York’s highest court has ruled in affirming a conviction.
School didn’t have duty to prevent molestation
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: civil rights, sexual abuse, §1983
A public elementary school did not have a constitutional duty to prevent a student from being molested by a man who removed her from school by posing as her father, the en banc 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Oklahoma jury awards $4.55 million in sex abuse case
By:
Brianna Bailey
Published: March 26, 2012
Tags: counselor, failure to report, gross negligence, mental health, Oklahoma, sexual abuse
An Oklahoma jury has handed down a $4.55 million verdict in a gross negligence lawsuit against a mental health counseling center and one of its employees who failed to report sexual abuse.
School may be vicariously liable for sexual abuse
Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, sexual abuse, vicarious liability
A public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually harassed and abused a student, the California Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Catholic diocese can be sued for child sex abuse
Published: March 1, 2012
Tags: ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, sexual abuse
The rule that courts should abstain from deciding ecclesiastical matters doesn’t bar a lawsuit alleging that a Catholic diocese negligently supervised a priest who sexually abused children, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Priest hit with $100 million verdict for sexual abuse
Published: December 9, 2011
Tags: sexual abuse, verdict
A Miami jury has returned a verdict of more than $100 million – including a $90 million punitive damages award – against a Catholic priest for sexually abusing a Michigan man when he was an at-risk teenager living in Miami.
Jury awards $9.3 million to student expelled wrongfully
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 30, 2011
Tags: failure to supervise, negligence, sexual abuse
A two-lawyer firm has won a $9.3 million jury verdict against a Dallas prep school for expelling a high school student after a sexual relationship with a teacher was uncovered.
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