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Many organizations such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America have filed for “Chapter 11” Bankruptcy to limit their potential financial losses in sexual abuse lawsuits. In today’s post our sexual abuse victim’s lawyer explains how a Chapter 11 filing could affect your rights if you are considering such a lawsuit.

Sexual Abuse by Doctors Who Were Government Employees In other posts on this website the medical malpractice and sexual abuse victim’s lawyers at The Doan Law Firm have discussed the problem of sexual abuse by physicians and other health care providers. In many such cases the abuser was in individual private practice or was a member of a private practice medical group. In today’s post our sexual abuse lawyer reviews recent cases where the abusing physician was an employee of…

Mid-Air Collision Between Pair of Planes Kills Seven A pair of small planes collided mid-air over Soldotna, Alaska, Friday morning, killing everyone onboard both aircraft. A passenger on one of the planes did survive for a short time following the initial impact but died not long after what remained of the planes hit the ground following the collision. A considerable amount of information is unknown about the facts and circumstances surrounding the mid-air collision and many questions remain to be…

New York Extends Child Victims Act As we noted in a previous post, in February 2019 the State of New York enacted the Child Victims Act in order to extend the statute of limitations that apply to lawsuits filed by victims of childhood sexual abuse. Since our first post, we have learned that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law legislation that extends the “look-back” provision of the Child Victims Act. Under that extension, childhood victims of sexual abuse who…

First Recorded Fatal Shark Attack in the State of Maine Results in Death of 64-Year-Old Woman Literally no one had been killed in a shark attack off the coast of Maine in recorded history until last week. All of that changed when a great white shark attacked and killed a 64-year-old woman enjoying the water along the shore at Harpswell. The coast of Maine is not known as a danger zone for shark attacks. With that said, the coast of…