TACOMA, WASHINGTON – The State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services has agreed to pay $9,000,000 to A.M, a woman who was severely sexually and physically abused at a pre-adoptive foster home in Pierce County from 1997 to 2004, starting at age 6. The...
Dr. Mark Mulholland is accused of serially sexually abusing over 100 patients over more than a decade. His suspension follows more than 18 filed lawsuits and 10 formal complaints to the Washington Department of Health RICHLAND, WASHINGTON – This week, the Washington...
Dr. Mark Mulholland accused of serially sexually abusing his patients in five new lawsuits and numerous formal complaints to state Department of Health. “This could be one of the biggest known cases of sexual abuse in a medical setting in Washington State history.”
The lawsuits follow numerous complaints made by victims to the Washington State Department of Health, and a state report finding patient and staff concerns were “dismissed” and “not taken seriously.”
Jeff Pringle, a survivor under New York’s Child Victims Act (CVA), was awarded a $30 million verdict against Paul Caillaud, a former Boy Scouts of America (BSA) camp “doctor” who sexually abused him in the mid-1980s at Forestburg Scout Reservation in Sullivan County, New York. This verdict is believed to be the first CVA verdict in the county since the law’s passage five years ago.
PRESS RELEASE Lawsuit alleges school district ignored students’ complaints for years and failed to protect them from repeated sexual abuse FRESNO, CALIFORNIA – Today, attorneys at Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC (“PCVA”) filed a lawsuit on behalf of five former...
In a landmark settlement that underscores the enduring power of justice—even decades later—a brother and sister who suffered sexual abuse while in foster care in the early 1970s have secured a combined $19.5 million from the State of New Jersey. This resolution not...
PCVA partner Mallory Allen spoke with the New York Post regarding the systemic failures that allowed a New York City doctor to sexually abuse patients under the guise of medical treatment. The article highlights lawsuits against Dr. Dennis Feihel, a former doctor at...
The Justice Department reached a $215 million settlement, creating a restitution trust for survivors of child sex trafficking who were exploited by Backpage.com executives for years. PCVA Attorneys Jason Amala and Vincent Nappo have litigated for numerous child sex trafficking survivors against Backpage.com over the last decade.
A federal judge today sentenced Dr. Darius Paduch, a former urologist at Weill Cornell, New York-Presbyterian (WCM/NYPH), and Northwell Health, to a life sentence for his 11 felony counts of sexually assaulting and abusing his patients. Dr. Paduch was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury in May. The survivors who testified during the trial represent only a fraction of the hundreds of former patients Dr. Paduch abused during his tenure at these trusted institutions.
