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...
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. Â
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...
A deserving and righteous verdict was reached for a PCVA client who experienced sexual abuse for three consecutive years from two different abusers that targeted him while he was at Camp Seymour through the YMCA (The Young Men’s Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties).
School leaders knew of dangers, then covered up the truth for years. She was groomed, harassed and sexually abused by her teacher and former softball coach throughout her high school career. And after years of fighting to discredit her and avoid accepting any...
