When people think of nursing home abuse, they commonly have egregious conduct in mind that includes: Physical abuse Financial abuse Mental abuse Emotional abuse What they do not tend to contemplate is nursing home sexual abuse. People from all walks of life understandably cannot imagine a situation in which a predator would be so depraved as to sexually abuse a vulnerable nursing home resident. The grim reality is that nursing home sexual abuse occurs with alarming frequency across the United…
The US Gymnastics sexual assault scandal is one of the most sordid and notorious ripping across headlines in the United States and around the world today. The US Gymnastics sexual assault case grew even more dramatic at the very end of February. The US Gymnastics sexual abuse case initially centered on the team’s doctor, Larry Nassar. When the story initial broke, Nassar was said to have sexually assaulted gymnasts since the mid-1990s. Nassar was said to have sexually abused members…
Throughout 2020, more allegations about male students being sexually assaulted on campus were levied against Ohio State University. Richard Strauss, the now-deceased doctor once on the payroll of OSU, is now known to have committed well over 2,000 instances of sexual assault of male student athletes during his tenure at the school. Strauss was the team doctor at OSU for two decades. The sexual assault perpetrated by the OSU team doctor included 2,200 incidents involving the fondling of male students….
Many organizations such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America have filed for “Chapter 11” Bankruptcy to limit their potential financial losses in sexual abuse lawsuits. In today’s post our sexual abuse victim’s lawyer explains how a Chapter 11 filing could affect your rights if you are considering such a lawsuit.
Sexual Abuse by Doctors Who Were Government Employees In other posts on this website the medical malpractice and sexual abuse victim’s lawyers at The Doan Law Firm have discussed the problem of sexual abuse by physicians and other health care providers. In many such cases the abuser was in individual private practice or was a member of a private practice medical group. In today’s post our sexual abuse lawyer reviews recent cases where the abusing physician was an employee of…