Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys The Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma decision applies directly to the Boy Scout bankruptcy, putting the BSA bankruptcy plan in peril. This is good news for our Dumas & Vaughn clients who appealed the BSA plan because it is a bad deal for abuse claimants. The Supreme Court vindicated the arguments of these sex abuse […] The post Purdue Decision Applies to Boy Scout Bankruptcy appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Today was the deadline to file all sex abuse claims in the Boy Scout bankruptcy. We’ve been hair-on-fire the last few weeks, getting the claims ready and filed for all my abuse survivor clients. We just got confirmation that the last one was successfully filed. WHAT’S NEXT? Now the big issue is what will happen […] The post Boy Scout Bankruptcy in Race with Purdue Pharma appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers Six Oregon men are on an official SBC list of accused Baptist sexual abusers. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released a list naming over 700 men accused of sexually abusing or assaulting people in Baptist churches. Over 50 of the accused abusers were in western […] The post Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Sexual abuse inside the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) should come as no surprise, given the history of abuse in other organizations. Still, when the Southern Baptist Convention released a report in May 2022 of the SBC’s horrible response to decades of sexual abuse allegations, it hit like a bombshell. Sexual predators gravitate to where they […] The post Sexual Abuse in the SBC is No Surprise, But Still a Shock appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on March 4, 2022 that it has charged former Beaverton mayor Dennis “Denny” Doyle with possessing child pornography. Doyle is 73 years old. He served as a councilman in Beaverton for more than a decade. He was elected as Beaverton’s mayor in 2008. He served three terms until 2020. The […] The post Former Beaverton, OR Mayor “Denny” Doyle Charged with Possessing Child Pornography appeared first on Dum...| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Understanding sexual abuse is hard. And who wants to try? Sexual abuse is not a subject anyone wants to think about, let alone read about and study. But our clients live with the sexual abuse they went through when they were kids, or sexual assault as adults, so Ashley and I try to learn as […] The post Understanding Sexual Abuse – Books, Experience, and Listening to our Clients appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys FORMER SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUES FOR SEX ABUSE A former student of San Mateo High School filed a lawsuit today alleging claims for child sexual abuse by his former teacher and theater director, Roy L. Casstevens. Our client, Felix Montano, sued the San Mateo Union […] The post Former San Mateo High School Student Sues for Sex Abuse by Convicted Sex Offender Roy L. Casstevens appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Our client “C.A.” filed a lawsuit for child sex abuse by her teacher. Her fifth-grade teacher at Captain Strong Primary School in Battle Ground, Washington molested her from 2001 to 2002. She is suing Battle Ground Public Schools, alleging her teacher Thomas Henry Moody groomed and sexually abused her when she was approximately 10 years […] The post Adult Survivor Files Lawsuit for Child Sex Abuse by Teacher appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys FORMER STUDENTS SUE FOR PHYSICAL & MENTAL ABUSE AT CATLIN GABEL Physical and mental abuse at Catlin Gabel is at the heart of a new lawsuit. Three more alumni of Catlin Gabel sued the school with claims they were abused as students. We now represent over 20 former students of CGS who were sexually, physically, […] The post Physical & Mental Abuse at Catlin Gabel, New Lawsuit appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn