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When you purchase products for your children, you expect that they will be safe. This isn’t always the case, though. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an estimated 224,200 toy-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2019, and of these,…
Following a report on toxins in baby food released by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, a New York woman has filed a new class-action baby food lawsuit against Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Nurture Inc., Gerber…
A New York woman recently filed a new pressure cooker lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She claims that while using the Fagor EZ Lock Pressure Cooker, she suffered from serious injuries. She blames manufacturer Fagor America, Inc.…
Did the Catholic Church use Native American communities to hide pedophile priests? That’s what one plaintiff’s attorney said recently in a statement related to a new lawsuit. The plaintiff in the case claims an Indiana priest who worked at his high school in Northeastern Arizona…
Back in 2019, witness testimony in a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) trial revealed that more than 12,000 victims had been sexually abused while in the organization. The witness had been hired by the Boy Scouts to go through its “red flag” files concerning perpetrators…
Victims of abuse within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) may wonder if it’s too late to file a claim against the organization. What if the abuse happened 10 or 20 years ago or more? It used to be that state law restricted the time…
According to a recent article in The Washington Post, the number of child sexual abuse allegations against Catholic clergy more than quadrupled in 2019 compared to the average in the previous five years. In 2015, there were 903 reports, and by 2019, that number had…
More than 50 former University of Michigan students, including more than two dozen football players, have banded together to file a sexual abuse lawsuit against the university, claiming that a prominent team doctor sexually abused them during physical exams. They also allege that when legendary…
In February 2020, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy, stating it would use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to compensate victims of child sexual abuse. After filing for bankruptcy, the Boy Scouts proposed an October 2020 deadline for victims…
In February 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act (CVA) into law. It amended the state’s previous laws to allow the following: Victims of child sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators or related organizations at any time up to…
