PCVA attorneys Jason Amala and Lesley O’Neill recently filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey in partnership with RAM LAW. The lawsuit was filed against the East Orange Board of Education on behalf of two men who allege they were sexually abused in middle...
Jason Amala represents over 25 victims who allegedly suffered sexual abuse by leaders within the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. The Diocese announced its plan to emerge from bankruptcy following hundreds of such lawsuits after the passage of the Child Victims...
A federal lawsuit is underway against Secret Harbor Group Home, termed “juvenile Alcatraz” by many former residents. Darrell Cochran, Andy Ulmer and Alex Dietz represent nearly a dozen men who allegedly suffered physical and sexual abuse as residents of the home in...
Today, the official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, known as the Committee of Survivors of the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre (DRVC), took the rare step of announcing its own proposed plan that would allow the Diocese to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The...
A Call for Witnesses: Survivors of Sexual Predator Gary Shafer Gary Shafer was a bus driver who sexually abused young children while working for the Olympia School District in Washington State between 2005 and 2011. In 2011, Shafer was convicted of sexually abusing...
A criminal investigation is underway against three administrators at Squalicum High School for alleged improper handling of student complaints of sexual abuse. A federal lawsuit was also filed last week, alleging that the school district “engaged in a pattern of...
PCVA partners Tom Vertetis and Darrell Cochran represent multiple families whose children may have been caught on cameras hidden in bathrooms and locker rooms at Alki Middle School and Skyview High School. The alleged perpetrator, James Mattson, was arrested in...
PCVA attorneys Michael Pfau, Mallory Allen and Alyssa Nevala represent a Snohomish County firefighter who alleges he was sexually harassed by a superior. The plaintiff was hired as a probationary firefighter in August 2019 by South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue. As...
What You Need to Know about the USC Tyndall Sex Abuse Settlement For 30 years, George Tyndall worked at the University of Southern California’s school clinic, where he was the only full-time gynecologist. While at USC, Tyndall is alleged to have sexually abused...
In a proposed settlement, the Diocese of Rochester agreed to pay $55 million to survivors of sexual abuse. “This proposed settlement sends a clear message that insurance companies cannot hold these bankrupt dioceses hostage and force abuse survivors to agree to cheap...
