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Road To Recovery calling upon their State Lawmakers to pass the Child Victims Act
An advocacy assembly, Road To Recovery, appointed to represent victims of professed sexual abuse by clergy members of religious institutions is once again calling upon their state lawmakers to pass the Child Victims Act. Late last week, the group congregated outside an Amherst Catholic school where one members claims she was the victim of not…
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Second Lawsuit for Sexual Harassment against Newmark Knight Frank
Jeannie Holohan, an administrative assistant at Newmark Knight Frank claims she has been fired after addressing to the company’s human resources department that vice chairman Merrill Roth had continuously made lude, sexual remarks in the workplace. This is the second lawsuit that has been filed for sexual harassment against Newmark Knight Frank this year. Both…
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New York’s statute of limitations for children victims of sex abuse remains unchanged.
New York’s current state of statute of limitations for children who have been victims of sexual abuse remains unchanged. The Child Victims Act version that has been passed over and over again by the state Assembly included the one-year window that permits victims who have been abused in the past to act and file civil…
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Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
It’s an emotional and painful decision when we’re faced with placing our parents or another family member in a nursing home. Once you make a decision on a facility, you trust that it’s a secure and friendly place that will provide the degree of care that your family member requires. Sometimes that trust is violated,…
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Most Common Birth Injuries
The birth of a child is an exciting event in the life of a parent. Unfortunately, injuries can happen. As a parent, you need to have the knowledge to identify these potential injuries to your child so that you can take legal action if appropriate. Some of the most common birth injuries are: Caput succedaneum…
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Pardoned Sex Offenders – Right to Vote in Schools
Republican State Senator Elaine Philips has stated that Gov. Cuomo has given leeway to sex offenders to obtain new victims through a collection of conditional pardons that the Democrats have issued this past May. The pardons in question are relating to the restoration of the right to vote for over 24,000 people who have been…
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New Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Filed
A new hernia mesh lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiff made a claim back in April of this year that the hernia mesh device that was implanted to help assist in healing his inguinal hernia had instead generated life threatening injuries including but not…
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Former D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Has Been Accused of Sexual Abuse
Right on the heels of failed attempts of New York lawmakers to adjust and fix the statute of limitations that blockades victims of years long sexual abuse from seeking and receiving justice, yet another allegation of abuse has been wiped clean. One of America’s highest-ranking prelate, former D.C Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been accused of…
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Education Week: Sexual Harassment
Education Week released a updated study mirroring data from a 2015 survey by Cosmopolitan magazine in which 23% of female educators who participated in the survey stated they had been sexually harassed in their workplace. According to Cosmopolitan, educational institutions have been ranked among the places where employees were less likely to be sexually assaulted…
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Senate Committee Bill: Child Sex Abuse Victims
Senate Republicans pushed a substitute bill giving easier access for child sex abuse victims to receive justice as grown adults and as of June 5th, it has cleared a key committee. This is the very first time a Senate committee has pursued the bill, however many advocates are not comforted by this passing. “This bill…
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