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Every state allows an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse to file a lawsuit against their abuser, but limit the “time window” to file such lawsuits. In today’s post, our sexual abuse victims’ lawyer explains how “discovery” of sexual abuse affects a victim’s ability to sue their abusers.

Grooming refers to the actions taken by a sexual abuser to “prepare” or “condition’ a victim prior to the actual abuse.

Sexual Abuse FAQs The ongoing legal battles related to sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America have, once again, called attention to the many problems that may face adults who were sexually abused as children. In today’s post, the sexual abuse lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will answer some of the more commonly asked questions that arise when the problem of sexual abuse is discussed. What is sexual abuse? The exact legal definition of sexual abuse varies from…

Number of Complaints of Sexual Assault and Abuse Mount Against University of Michigan Sports Doctor As of the last week of April 2020, 257 unique complaints had been lodged with the University of Michigan about Dr. Robert Anderson, a physician who had been sports doctor for the school for many years. Anderson is accused of sexually assaulting and sexually abusing both men and women on sports teams at the University of Michigan, the earliest complaints dating back to the late…

Although once considered to be rare, recent high-profile cases involving sexual misconduct by doctors whose victims were their patients are becoming more common in both the national and local news media. In today’s blog post, the sexual assault/sexual battery lawyer at the Doan Law Firm presents a review of the known facts in lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct by a doctor at the University of Southern California’s Student Health Center. He will then discuss the legal options that may be available…