Adults who care for children have a legal obligation to ensure those children avoid unreasonably dangerous situations. Failing to adequately protect a child may result in the caregiver being charged with “child endangerment” or “endangering the welfare of a child.”…
Sexual Abuse by a Cousin is Incest
One area of sexual abuse remains secretive, private, and unprosecuted – incest between family members other than a parent or a sibling. Several studies regarding incest have been done. To our knowledge, none have specifically included cousins as perpetrators or…
Litigation Strategies for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
Katie Shipp, Pennsylvania When the statute of limitations is not an issue, cases involving sexual abuse that happened long ago can still raise significant barriers for victims. Locating evidence is often challenging. Witnesses, or people the victim told about the…
Michigan State’s Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent
But even if this condition will have little to no impact on the survivors, it’s both telling and troubling that MSU would even try to put this on the table. James Marsh, an attorney for victims of sexual abuse and…
Nassar bills expected to change regardless of MSU deal
The settlement agreement requiring victims to drop support of certain bills was “extraordinary” as it allows one branch of government to demand citizens not engage in advocacy protected by the First Amendment, said James Marsh, an attorney whose White Plains,…
Transparency needed in GCCC cheer coach probe
I read with interest your articles about the abrupt resignation of the cheerleading coach at GCCC, and allegations of the college’s years-long apathy in the face of multiple complaints by cheerleaders of sexual harassment. Title IX, the federal statute mandating…