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The New York Child Victims Act, heralded for creating an opportunity for the victims of child sex abuse to bring actions against their assailants, goes into effect August 14, 2019. Many of the [...]

As reported by CBS News, New York State has instituted a law allowing victims of childhood sex abuse to bring lawsuits against the perpetrators. Many of these victims suffered 30, 40 and even 50 [...]

Will Insurers Pay Sexual Abuse Claims from Lawsuits Against the Catholic Church? In New York, sexual abuse by priests, rabbis, ministers and other clergy have been a tremendous problem. The New [...]

New York Archdiocese Files Lawsuit Against 32 Insurance Company Regarding Sexual Abuse Claims As reported by Lohud.com (part of USA Today), the New York Archdiocese has filed a lawsuit against 32 [...]

Nursing Home Abuse is a National Problem That is Under-Reported Reports released in June 2019 by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG), indicate [...]

Veteran Sues Government For $4 Million: Alleges Malpractice by Northport VA Hospital All doctors, nurses, and medical professionals owe a duty of care to their patients. In addition to the oaths [...]

Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse BY Priests Double in 12 Months, According to Report The AP news reported at the end of May that the US Roman Catholic Church confirmed some upsetting [...]

Bronx Woman Wins Over 100 Million Dollars in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit The New York Daily News has reported that in a Bronx Supreme Court medical malpractice case, a jury awarded 110 million [...]

Priests Identified from Diocese of Rockville Center Accused of Sexual Misconduct As the fallout of sexual abuse by the clergy continues, lists of priests accused of sexual abuse, including the [...]

Dangerous Medical Devices – Untested by the FDA – Are No Laughing Matter Comedian John Oliver tackles a touchy subject – defective medical devices.  The truth is many devices are not “FDA [...]