Sexual Abuse Verdicts & Settlements

We pride ourselves on helping our clients regain their sense of empowerment through success in the civil litigation process. Here are a just a few examples of our success.

2019

In 2019, we represented almost two dozen child sexual abuse victims who obtained settlements from the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.  The Diocese paid out $12,000,000 dollars to victims of clergy sexual abuse.  Learn more.

We also resolved a case on behalf of a young male child sexual abuse survivor child against the local chapter of a nationally renowned youth-serving organization for a confidential seven-figure sum.

In December 2019, we resolved a case against a renowned health-care institution on behalf of nearly twenty victims for more than $10,000,000.

Throughout 2019, we obtained millions in settlements from a variety of other institutions, including many of Pennsylvania’s Catholic Dioceses.

2018

In September 2018, we won an appeal against a school district on behalf of a young man who was sexually abused by and father a child with his teacher’s aide. A federal judge previously dismissed the case. We convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reinstate the case.  Learn more.

In June 2018, we won a $1.53 million-dollar verdict on behalf of a teenaged boy sexually abused while residing in a facility run by Visionquestion National, Ltd., which runs facilities for at-risk youth across the country.

In March 2018, we obtained a $1.75 million-dollar verdict on behalf of a murder victim shot dead inside a bar. We proved the bar botched its security measures, leading to the fatal shooting. The jury apportioned 90% of the responsibility for the murder on the bar. Learn more.

2017

In the summer of 2017, we settled a case on behalf of a young woman who was sexually abused by her youth pastor for a confidential seven-figure sum.

In January 2017, we obtained a record-setting $88 million-dollar verdict on behalf of a child sex abuse victim in Pennsylvania state court. The verdict was one of the largest verdicts in the United States that year. Learn more.

Prior Years

We have represented many, many child sexual abuse survivors in cases against large institutions.  From 2011 until recently, for example, we represented many of Jerry Sandusky’s abuse victims against Penn State University.  Penn State has paid more than $100,000,000 to Sandusky’s victims. Learn more.