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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…

Former New England Patriot Recounts Persistent Sexual Abuse by University of Michigan Team Doc Jon Vaughn was drafted by the New England Patriots in 1991 following a successful college career at the University of Michigan. Over the course of almost 30 years since his university days, Vaughn hid his experiences as the victim of ongoing sexual abuse at the hands of the University of Michigan athletic department physician, a doctor named Robert E. Anderson. Only recently has Vaughn shared with…

Foster Care and Child Sexual Abuse It is a sad fact of life that, on occasion, a child’s parents are deemed unable to provide a safe, stable, home environment for their children. If such a situation should develop, the state has the legal authority to temporarily remove an endangered child from their home and place that child in foster care. Although the foster care system usually works as intended, there have been many cases where a foster child has become…

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.

Deadline Approaching for Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits in New York Some New York residents who were victims of sexual abuse as children have until August 13, 2020 to file a lawsuit against their abusers under a special provision of New York’s Child Victims Act. This act specifically removes the statutes of limitations for bringing a civil lawsuit filed by a victim of childhood sexual abuse against an abuser by allowing such lawsuits to be filed regardless of how long ago…