After certain modifications were made a federal judge has approved the Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan which received approximately 86% of approval from the survivors of sexual abuse, who, in bankruptcy court, were the Boy Scouts’ main creditors. The Boy Scouts of America secured approval of…
Archbishop Paul Russell, a Detroit auxiliary bishop, is the subject of a sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Massachusetts. The lawsuit stems from sexual abuse that occurred when the survivors was a 12-year-old parishioner at Saint Mary of the Sacred Heart Parish in Lynn in 1989…
Congress is soon expected to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. This legislation, when enacted, would allow people exposed to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station from 1953 to 1987 to sue the government and potentially recover damages for…
The U.S. Supreme Court is keeping the door open for victims of clergy sex abuse to file claims in California. On June 21, the high court rejected an attempt by Catholic bishops and archbishops seeking to overturn a California law allowing people to sue over…
In June, More than 8,000 members of the Southern Baptist Convention met in Anaheim, California for their annual meeting. That meeting was overshadowed by the May release of an independent report by Guidepost Solutions which revealed that church leaders had covered up sex-abuse claims for decades.…
It was recently revealed that the FBI has opened an investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, on the grounds that the accused men could have violated a federal anti-sex trafficking law by crossing state lines. This…
This past Thursday three sexual abuse lawsuits were filed against the Diocese of Portland in Maine. These are the first lawsuits filed that are a direct result of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a law last year that allowed victims to bring civil lawsuits about…
Electricity is a vital part of our way of life. We’re highly dependent on electricity, making it easy to forget or simply not consider its dangers and the devastating effects of electrical accidents. While electrical injuries can happen to anyone and accidents can occur in…
By Guest Author Rasa Fumagalli, J.D., MSCC, CMSP-F – Director of MSP Compliance Services Personal injury settlements rarely make an injury victim whole. In light of this, cost management decisions factor into the strategy of the case. For example, while both life care plans and…
On Friday, President Biden signed a bill that will eliminate the statute of limitations for those who have been sexually abused as minors to file civil claims. What is a statute of limitations? A statute of limitations refers to the amount of time a claimant…
