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Fear and Lack of Evidence Hold Abuse Victims From Filing Lawsuits Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses As states across the country begin to change laws preventing sexual abuse survivors from seeking justice for their abuse, experts anticipate thousands of child sex abuse victims will come forward soon to file lawsuits against alleged abusers. On the opening […]

Survivors of Scouting sexual abuse in Montana Join Together to Hold the BSA Accountable Across the country, men claiming they were sexually abused while in Scouting programs are filing lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America. These men claim that the BSA neglected to protect children from sexual predators within the organization and even covered […]

The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal JUUL addiction and injury cases ordered for a census of all cases currently field in the courts to help determine pretrial leadership positions. In recent weeks increasing numbers of product liability lawsuits have been filed against JUUL, manufacturers of the controversial e-cigarettes and pods taking over the […]

New Forms to help address increasing numbers of earplug lawsuits filed by injured soldiers. A new Master and Short Form Complaint has been approved by the U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal 3M Combat Arms earplug lawsuits. These forms are designed to ease the process of filing claims over 3M’s dangerously defective earplugs, which […]

More JUUL Injury Claims Expected to be Filed as Litigation Progresses With the recent creation of a JUUL federal multidistrict litigation, the JUUL MDL court has called for lawyers to apply for leadership positions to coordinate pretrial proceedings. JUUL Labs, creators and marketers of the popular JUUL e-cigarette, face increasing numbers of product liability and […]

Article: How E-Cigarette Products Affect You Mentally and Physically New stories flood the news every day about people being injured by a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping, but few understand the toll e-cigarette use takes on the human body. The CDC reports that nearly 1,500 individuals have been hospitalized with injuries associated with the […]

WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE? Some use the terms “child abuse” and “child sexual abuse” interchangeably. However, child sexual abuse is actually one of four categories of child abuse: sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Some states also include abandonment, substance abuse by parents, and human trafficking as categories of […]

California Governor Law That Opens Three-Year “Lookback Window” For Sexual Abuse Survivors California sexual abuse survivors get a second chance to pursue justice against their abusers. In a landmark press conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 218 into law on October 13. This new law gives victims of childhood sexual abuse the […]

4,000 Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Pend in Multidistrict Litigation More than 4,000 hernia mesh lawsuits against Bard currently pend in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), and more are expected to be filed in upcoming months. Growing numbers of individuals continue to file lawsuits against hernia mesh manufacturers as patients discover their painful injuries and complications […]

Valsartan Plaintiffs Must Submit Plaintiff Fact Sheet The judge presiding over all federal valsartan lawsuits now orders each individual valsartan claim to submit a Plaintiff Fact Sheet (PFS) in the valsartan multidistrict litigation (MDL). The Plaintiff Fact Sheet allows valsartan plaintiffs to provide case-specific information about their valsartan cancer diagnoses and exposure. Currently over 130 […]