PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — About 800 men across the country have stepped forward with claims they were sexually abused when they were children by leaders of the Boy Scouts of America. A new lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Lawyers for the Abused In Scouting group say 350 names of former Boy Scout leaders have been uncovered as possible abusers. “Part of the reason we …
An attorney representing dozens of survivors and family members of victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre amended their negligence lawsuit on Thursday to claim the club’s owners illegally transferred it to another company months after the incident. The suit now alleges Pulse owners Barbara and Rosario Poma made the change to prevent those suing them from being privy to its value. At the …
USC hired a lobbying firm to oppose legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for cases involving sexual assault incidents that take place at campus health centers. With the firm, the University is working to lobby against Assembly Bill 1510, which was introduced by Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes of Grand Terrace Feb. 22. If passed, AB 1510 would allow victims of Tyndall’s …
The family of a man killed in the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting is taking legal steps to ensure the tragedy’s victims get what they deserve. John Phippen, 56, was one of the 58 people killed by domestic terrorist Stephen Paddock on Sunday in Las Vegas. His family has filed a motion to freeze Paddock’s assets to ensure they aren’t distributed to his heirs.
The collision between the MTA bus and the school bus killed six people and injured 10 others in southwest Baltimore on Nov. 1. The attorney representing the victims said they want two main things out of this lawsuit. The victims seek compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering and injuries.
Buy Photo February 13 2014 – Stacks of rubber gloves and rape kits sit behind a glass cabinet at the Rape Crisis Center at 1750 Madison on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. (Photo: William DeShazer, The Commercial Appeal)Buy Photo CONNECTTWEET1 LINKEDIN1 COMMENTEMAILMORE More women are joining legal proceedings against the city over the accumulation of thousands of untested rape kits disclosed three …
Victims of the diluted chemotherapy drugs scandal will be getting $1.8 million, after a Superior Court judge approved a negotiated class-action settlement. The total settlement for 1,194 victims is for $2.375-million. Lawyers will get $400,000 and $75,000 has been earmarked for administrative costs.
If you’re hurt by a pharmaceutical, you can sue the company that made the drug, and be compensated for your losses, right? Most people assume that is the way the justice system works, but the reality is that it’s difficult, and in many cases impossible, for victims of pharmaceutical companies (and other big corporations/industries) to gain compensation or justice. There are many aspects of the …
Pitman’s order distinguished between two types of Title IX claims: In the first, more traditional claim, a woman who was sexually assaulted accuses Baylor of failing to respond to her particular situation after she reported it to the school. In those claims, the judge ruled, the two-year statute of limitation should begin as scheduled â from the time an assault was reported. Four of the 10 …
New developments in the rape kit testing class action lawsuit against the City of Memphis. Kits that have been sitting untested for years. The victims will be able to go forward against the City of Memphis.