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Sort by date 7,404 pages found matching priest settlement- Attorney Jeff Anderson Sues the Hell Out of Clerical Sex Abusers
Jul-30-08 St. Paul, MN Attorney Jeff Anderson is a genuine firebrand. He has handled not hundreds, but thousands of cases on behalf of sexual abuse survivors across the US, and even outside the US over the last 25 years. "I have sued psychologists, psychiatrists, family members, movie stars, politicians, and every religious denomination you can think of inclu... - Priest Abuse, Catholic Diocese of Kansas City pays $225,000 settlement for negligence and abuse
Kansas City, MO: (Sep-26-07) Frank Scheuring, a 47-year old Independence man brought a lawsuit against Francis E. McGlynn, a former Roman Catholic priest, alleging that the priest sexually abused him in the 1970s. Scheuring was 11-years-old when he confided during confessional that a neighbor was sexually abusing him. Instead of intervening, the suit alleg... - Two Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Priests and Dioceses Under New Child Sex Abuse Law
Mar-16-22 Baton Rouge, LA New child sexual abuse lawsuits alleging two Catholic priests sexually abused teens decades ago, along with coverup lawsuits against the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana, have been filed under a new law that temporarily eliminated the statute of limitations in childhood sexual abuse cases. Jessica Arbou... - Priest Abuse, Woman awarded $500,000 settlement after becoming impregnated by a priest and abused by six other clergy members
Los Angeles, CA: (Dec-04-07) Rita Milla brought charges against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles in 1984, claiming that she was sexually abused by seven Roman Catholic priests and had a baby by one of them. Milla filed suit alleging that priest Santiago Tamayo, at a church in Carson, molested her when she was 16. After she turned 18, she stated th... - Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse.
Philips, IL: (May-17-07) The list of plaintiffs suing Fr. Terrence Fitzmaurice for sexual abuse has grown by five, including a woman who alleges the priest raped her in 1979 and fathered her now 27-year-old son. Fitzmaurice served St. Patrick's & St. Mary's Catholic churches, and later Our Lady of the North Catholic Church in Phillips, from 1987-2000. Ea... - Avandia –Two Weeks to Near Death
Sep-17-08 Canfield, OH Dennis is just 40 years old. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was put on Avandia . But after only two weeks on the drug, Dennis experienced shortness of breath and chest pains. He had a heart attack and he thinks Avandia could have been the cause. Dennis's story is unusual in that he suffered a severe, near death experience very s... - So, What IS Post-Settlement Funding, Anyway?
Jul-24-14 Farmington Hills, MI It’s not until you really get into the lawsuit process that it suddenly dawns on you as to how things really work, and what the reality of the process is. On the surface, an injured person who litigates against another party for compensation may, indeed, have a nice payday to look forward to at the end of the process. And yet ther... - Sexual Abuse by Priests Legal News and Lawsuit Information
A survey commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has found that children have made more than 11,000 allegations of sexual abuse by priests dating back to 1950. According to the survey, 61 percent (6,700 claims), have been substantiated and although most of the children abused were between 11-17 years of age, 6 percent of the abused childr... - Structured Settlement Funding and Why It’s Important
Aug-5-14 Farmington Hills, MI So you have heard this term called structured settlement funding. Perhaps it’s something your attorney has talked about, or maybe you’ve just seen it doing random online searches as your case percolates through the courts. In all likelihood, the subject has come up in conversations with your attorney as your case nears completion a... - Negligencia
Negligencia significa el hecho de no utilizar el cuidado razonable que se transforma en una herida involuntaria a otra persona. Esto significa hacer algo que no se realiza normalmente por una persona razonable, o el hecho de no hacer algo que una persona razonable normalmente haría en función de las circunstancias. La ley establece que un... - A Pre- and-Post-Settlement Funding Primer
Oct-23-14 Farmington Hills, MI You wouldn’t ask an electrician to fix your leaky faucet, just as you wouldn’t expect your neighborhood roofer to figure out what’s wrong with your car. Such is the case with any attempt to secure pre- or post-settlement funding from a traditional bank: they don’t understand what they’re advancing a loan for. To a bank, a... - Post-Settlement Funding Remains a Viable Tool to See You Through
Jan-24-15 Farmington Hills, MI So your lawsuit has settled. On the surface, this is good news. That means that your personal injury, and the inconvenience and suffering you have endured, has been vindicated. Your medical bills will now be paid, and so on. And then your attorney suggests something known as post-settlement funding . What that is, and why you may... - Structured Settlement Funding, and Why You May Need It
Nov-15-14 Farmington Hills, MI Over the past year we have learned much about various funding options that help keep you going while your case is moving through the courts. Pre-settlement funding, also known as a lawsuit advance , is a loan against the expected proceeds of your case that allows you access to cash now. Once your case settles, the loan and interest... - Plaintiffs Cry Foul over $10.2 Million Morgan Stanley Settlement Offer
Oct-3-19 San Francisco, CA The Northern District of California has preliminarily approved an agreement to settle a California labor lawsuit brought by a group of financial advisors who claim that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney failed to pay business expenses in violation of California labor laws. The $10.2 million settlement covers a class of 2,800 California-based f... - Catholic priest order agrees to $19.5 million settlement in molestation lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-15-08) A sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Salesian Society of Catholic priests, a Catholic order of priests that refused to join a record sex-abuse settlement between accusers and the Los Angeles Archdiocese, alleging that the order was aware that a priest had been accused of abusing children when they assigned him... - Parish Priest, Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese agrees to $170,000 child molestation settlement
Burlington, VT: (Feb-08-08) A child sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese, alleging that it was responsible for the long-ago molestation of a child by a parish priest. The case was filed by John Perrotte, 41, of South Hero, who claimed that the diocese was to blame for his 1980 molestation in Milton at the hands... - Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Diocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Santa Rosa, CA: (Sep-12-07) A lawsuit was filed against the Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Diocese, alleging that former priest Francisco Xavier Ochoa sexually abused 10 underage parishioners since 1984. The suit was filed in October 2006, five months after Ochoa, 69, former assistant pastor of St. Francis Solano Parish in Sonoma, is believed to have fled to Me... - Alter Boy Abuse, Diocese of Scranton pays $3 million to teen aged abuse victim
Scranton, PA: (Nov-09-07) A lawsuit was brought against the Diocese of Scranton, by a victim who claimed that he was sexually abused by former Roman Catholic priest Albert Liberatore Jr. between 1999 to 2002. The suit stated that the abuse took place when the victim was a teenage altar boy at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Duryea. Records stated that Libe... - Diocese of Metuchen Pastor Abuse Settlement
Woodbridge, NJ: (Jul-02-07) A sexual molestation lawsuit was filed against Mike Cashman, former pastor of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Woodbridge, by two accusers, who spoke up 24 years after the alleged incident took place in 1979. The accusers, a 14-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister at the time, claimed that the priest sexually molested them... - Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.
San Antonio, TX: (Mar-04-08) The "Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests", or SNAP, a group dedicated to helping people abused by priests, brought a lawsuit against a religious group called The Oblates, alleging that Father Antonio Gonzalez molested a teenage girl. Court records show that the former Houston priest was accused of molesting a tee...