A lawsuit has been filed against Boy Scouts of America and Heart of Ohio Council in Richland County Common Pleas Court, accusing the organizations of failing to provide a safe environment and negligence, attorneys said in a news release. Although the…
Retired Bishop with Alzheimer’s will testify in Rochester Diocese bankruptcy case
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Retired Rochester Bishop Matthew Clark will deposed to testify in an upcoming hearing for the Diocese of Rochester’s bankruptcy case, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Clark’s deposition will happen in the next 30 days. According to…
Hurry up and wait: Lawyers, survivors see little motion on early CVA cases
ALBANY – Six months after the Child Victims Act went into effect, survivors and lawyers say hundreds of lawsuits have stalled in the pre-trial discovery stages. In August, the act opened a one-year look-back period temporarily eliminating the civil statute…
NY Lawsuit Targets Shuttered Sex Marketplace Backpage
A woman who says she was exploited for years starting at age 12 by a sex trafficker who used the shuttered website Backpage.com to sell her is suing the founders of the site under New York‘s Child Victims Act, which…
Attorney Discusses Level Of Response To Groundbreaking ‘Child Victims Act’
Statute of Limitations Can Thwart Child Sex Abuse Victims’ Search For Justice: Lawyer
A decades-old sex abuse investigation into a retired Sarasota pastor is raising questions about Florida’s statute of limitations law and how it affects a victim’s search for justice. When police arrested Henry Porter earlier this month, they said they knew…