Last week, the State of Washington agreed to pay $15,000,000 to our clients, three sisters, J.P., R.P., and S.P., who were sexually abused at a foster home in Centralia, Washington in the 1990s. The settlement allows the State to avoid a 3-week jury trial scheduled to...
Sexual Abuse
$3.25 Million Settlement Reached in Foster Care Child Sex Abuse Case Against the State of Washington
Washington State has agreed to pay $3.25 million for a young girl who suffered years of horrific physical and sexual abuse in what some are calling one the most egregious failures of the state’s child welfare system ever. The settlement follows years of work led by Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC. attorneys Ian Bauer, Darrell L. Cochran, and Michael McNeil.
SCOTUS Ruling on Purdue Bankruptcy Plan Signals Victory for Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Bankruptcies
Landmark Decision Paves Path for Justice in Bankruptcies Involving the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic Church WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled federal bankruptcy courts do not have the authority to force injured plaintiffs...
$875K Settlement Reached in New York Foster Care Sexual Abuse Case Against Warren County and United Methodist Church
Our client suffered sears of gruesome sexual abuse in Warren County’s foster care system. United Methodist Church’s gross negligence to supervise pastor despite prior complaints of sexually abusing children enabled years of unchecked abuse PCVA Partner, Vinnie Nappo,...
“Transparency Matters” PCVA Sex Abuse Attorneys Comment on Attorney General’s Investigation of the Catholic Church in Washington
After more than 20 years of litigation and hundreds of lawsuits by adults who were sexually abused as children by their priests and other clerics, the Seattle Archdiocese, the Diocese of Yakima, and the Diocese of Spokane are facing a formal investigation by the...
Breaking News: Paduch Found GUILTY!
Dr. Darius Paduch was found GUILTY by a federal jury in New York today, May 8th, 2024. Dr. Paduch, a former urologist at NewYork-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell Medical Center and Northwell Health, was found guilty on numerous felony counts of sexually assaulting and abusing his patients.
State of New Jersey Pays $6,750,000 to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Woman Sexually Abused in Foster Care
The State of New Jersey has agreed to pay $6,750,000 to a woman, J.T., alleged to have been sexually abused starting in 1972 in the State’s foster care system when she was nine years old. The settlement will allow the parties to avoid a long jury trial that was...
PCVA Attorneys and Rep. Darya Farivar Pass House Bill 1618 to Support Sex Abuse Survivors
PCVA Attorneys Darrell Cochran, Chris Love, Ian Bauer, and Bridget Grotz, along with Representative Darya Farivar (D-46) and the Washington State Association of Justice (WSAJ) successfully collaborated over several years to pass House Bill 1618, which removes any...
$750,000 Jury Verdict Awarded in Child Sex Abuse Trial Against Salem County
Last week, a unanimous New Jersey jury verdict awarded $750,000 to our client who survived child sex abuse in a case against the County of Salem. The verdict, issued from Salem County Superior Court in Salem County, found the state liable for failing to supervise and protect our then 14-year-old client from sustained grooming and sexual abuse while he was in the state’s Juveniles in Need of Supervision (JINS) facility.
PCVA & RAM Law Firms Won Historic $25 Million Verdict In First Child Victims Act Trial Against State of New Jersey
A jury awarded a historic $25 million in a trial verdict to a survivor of child sex abuse in the first case brought to trial under the Child Victims Act. The case was against the state’s Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). The unanimous trial verdict found...