Results
School & Church Abuse
Our firm has secured multiple seven-figure confidential settlements on behalf of survivors. These are men and women who, as teenagers, were subjected to systematic abuse, humiliation, coercion, and forced labor under the guise of religious ministries
In other cases, these are men and women who were abused in a school, boarding school, residential program, or other similar settings.
These cases are handled with the utmost discretion and care. While many details remain confidential by necessity, the outcomes reflect our commitment to holding institutions accountable and delivering meaningful justice to survivors who were harmed by those entrusted with.
Death & Catastrophic Injury
Elderly woman required shoulder surgery after tripping and falling on nylon packing strips left on store floor by employees. Surveillance video showed employees throwing straps away while woman was being treated by EMTs. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Man required knee and hip replacement after falling on ice in his apartment complex parking lot. Apartment complex tried to get case dismissed because of language in the lease, but trial court ruled that complex assumed duty to keep common areas safe. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Woman slipped and fell on office building floor during rainstorm. Building had a history of injuries to women wearing dress shoes, and failed to place mats and other slip-resistance on floors. Woman suffered avascular necrosis in her hip and required total hip replacement. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Woman struck at intersection suffered facial lacerations: POLICY LIMITS for bodily injury and underinsured motorist coverage.
Man riding motorcycle struck by car that ran red light, causing him to suffer leg amputation below the knee: POLICY LIMITS for bodily injury and underinsured motorist coverage.
A man rendered quadriplegic when his stopped car was rear-ended by a semi-truck.
A driver paralyzed in a head-on collision caused by a distracted motorist.
A motorcyclist who lost his leg when a car ran a red light and struck him broadside
Civil Rights Violations
PHYSICAL INJURY DURING ATTEMPTED REPOSSESSION OF CAR: African-American woman brutally beaten by car loan company employees during attempted repossession of vehicle at woman’s home, in front of her children, while she was current on her car payments: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
NEGLIGENT HIRING BY RETAIL STORE–RACIAL PROFILING RESULTS IN INJURY AND FALSE ARREST African-American customer falsely accused of shoplifting and physically injured by racial-profiling store security guard who was a former police officer who had been fired from that position for abuse of power. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
African-American students denied special education services and a free and appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because of racist job threats made by principal to teacher: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
African-American female terminated after discovering and complaining about salary disparity between herself and white male co-workers performing the same work with the same title: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Elementary school student subjected to sexual assault by another student with reputation for aggressive behavior: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Romanian female employee threatened with deportation by male manager unless she submitted to sexual acts on business trips. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Foster Care Injuries
Repeated Sexual Assault in Foster Care
A child in foster care was sexually abused multiple times by her foster father, even after her court-appointed therapist explicitly warned the agency that grooming behavior was occurring. The agency disregarded those reports and failed to restrict contact. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Fentanyl Overdose in Residential Program
A foster agency and its contracted residential home neglected to screen teens for drugs or contraband at intake. One youth accessed fentanyl from another resident’s belongings, overdosed, and suffered catastrophic, permanent brain injury. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
Fatal Failure to Provide Safe Placement
A medically fragile teenager with a known history of running away was forced to sleep on a cot inside the agency’s office instead of being placed in a secure facility. After several escapes—during which she was assaulted, hospitalized, and denied medication—she was later found deceased in a public park. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.