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On Monday March 25, 2019, the New Jersey legislature passed the Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights. The bill, sponsored by Assembly Democrats Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Carol Murphy, cleared with final passage in the Assembly at 77-0 despite fierce opposition from the Catholic Church. The bill gives victims of sexual assault in New Jersey

On April 20th, The Gardiner Foundation is hosting the 1st Annual Gardiner Foundation Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by lawyertime.com. One of the highlights of the event will be 8 grand prizes, including tablets and iPods. The event will take place at St. James Park, located at W. 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue, in the Bronx,

In late 2018, Rockefeller University Hospital, a high-profile New York City research hospital, mailed letters to thousands of possible child abuse victims. The letters asked the recipients to describe interactions they had with Dr. Reginald Archibald, who treated more than 9,000 patients during his 40-year tenure at Rockefeller. One of those letters was sent to

Five former Catholic school students have accused Monsignor John Paddack of sexually abusing them when they were boys attending schools and churches in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. The men allege that the priest would isolate them from other students, sought to offer them advice in private and then groped them. Sexual encounters, which

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn revealed a list that names more than 100 priests who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse allegations. This is one of the largest disclosures of names among a flood of lists recently published by the church. The list goes back to years of allegations that included priests

There has been a lot in the news lately about the Child Victims Act and what it means for abuse victims. The law opens the door for victims of child abuse to finally seek justice by filing a civil claim against the perpetrator and the institutions that harbored them. If you or a loved one

Those who are victims of child sexual abuse in New York finally have an opportunity to get the justice they deserve. The Child Victims Act passed in the state legislature on January 28, 2019 and Governor Cuomo signed it into law on February 14th. The new law provides a powerful weapon against child sexual abuse

According to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 4,317 fatalities occurred in 2016 in crashes involving large trucks. This was 5.4% increase when compared to 2015. A collision involving a massive truck can be shocking and devastating for the victim. The sheer size and mass of trucks and tractor trailers result