Recent Posts in Child Abuse Category
Posted on May 31, 2016 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
The Los Angeles Unified School District is facing yet another possible scandal with last week's arrest of Joaquin Diaz. Diaz, 44, a former San Fernando Valley teaching assistant who worked with ...
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Posted on May 17, 2016 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Lawyers at The Senators Firm, LLP announced today that they have settled civil claims against Los Angeles Unified School District on behalf of more than two-dozen children and their parents for around ...
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Posted on May 28, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $4.42M to three alleged victims of a former third-grade teacher who was convicted of molestation in 2012. The settlement stems from the assertion ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Last week, the Superior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County received the official criminal complaint against Thomas Joseph Snider, the Torrance teacher and coach accused of over 40 ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Lawyers at The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP announced today the initiation of investigations into allegations of mass child sexual abuse at two Southern California high school campuses. The firm's ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Orange County prosecutors are seeking the public's assistance in identifying other potential victims of a local middle school teacher who is accused of sexually molesting his young female ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Law Enforcement is Seeking Help Identifying Potential Victims of CEO Charged with Sexual Assault and Child Pornography. January 23, 2015 – The Orange County District Attorney's Office issued ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2015 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
The Boy Scouts of America has come under fire over the past several years for reports of sexual abuse occurring between younger Scout members and leaders in the organization. In an ongoing civil case ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Investigations into the alleged relationship between a 30-year-old teacher and girls' soccer coach and a 17-year-old student have led to teacher facing 15 felony counts of sexual acts with a ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Lawyers representing dozens of children in multiple civil lawsuits who were abused by teachers at three Los Angeles Unified School District campuses reacted with "concern and puzzlement" ...
Continue reading "Lawyers for LAUSD Child Abuse Victims Voice Concern Over Appointment of Ramon Cortines as Interim District Superintendent" »
Posted on Sep 16, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Charges of child molestation have been filed against a former elementary school teacher, Robert Noel Anderson. Anderson formerly taught fourth and sixth grades at Dehesa Elementary School. The man was ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
In an ongoing child abuse investigation involving a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District, a number of Suspected Child Abuse Reports ("SCAR") have surfaced. These records are ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2014 By The Senators (Ret,) Firm, LLP
On Monday, May 2 nd, a special education teacher's aide allegedly assaulted several staff members and students at Van Nuys Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley. It was reported that the ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Monday morning brought with it a bizarre set of events at one San Fernando Valley elementary school. Shortly after drop-off time at Van Nuys Elementary School yesterday morning, a female teacher's ...
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Posted on May 8, 2014 By The Senators (Ret) Firm
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has officially shut down a special panel appointed to investigate the Miramonte Elementary School scandal, which has caused considerable controversy in ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm
Officials from the Oxnard Police Department reported the arrest of an Oxnard teacher earlier this week under suspicion of misdemeanor child annoying. The teacher – 41-year-old Jorge Arellano ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2014 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Earlier this week, officials from the Brentwood Union School District agreed to an $8 million settlement with the families of eight special needs children who were verbally and physically abused by a ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2013 By The Senators Firm
In what is now a source of legal contention, reports have been made which suggest that a 10-year-old boy with Autism was repeatedly bullied and physically abused by his instructional aide for a total ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2013 By The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP
Following yesterday's arraignment of an Orange Country baseball coach who allegedly sent sexually explicit text messages to two teenage boys, local authorizes are encouraging other potential ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2013 By The Senators Firm
An L.A. County Parks & Recreation worker is in police custody on suspicion of child sexual abuse. The Los Angeles Times reports that the suspect (D.L.J.) is held on multiple counts of lewd acts ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2013 By The Senators Firm
A child abuse scandal in Antioch, CA entered the public scene on Wednesday after parents filed a lawsuit involving several autistic students and an allegedly abusive teacher. According to the lawsuit, ...
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