Section 1983 of the U.S. Civil Code is often referenced in media reports regarding police misconduct. This federal law permits private citizens to sue local and state entities for the deprivation of constitutional rights. Part of the Code states: “…any...
Read MoreTestosterone therapy drugs are prescribed to men who suffer from “low-T” or low testosterone, a condition that can lead to a decrease in bone and muscle mass, loss of libido, and depression. Since the early 2000s, the use of testosterone...
Read MoreIt has been reported a lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court this month by Lance Johnson, the boyfriend of the woman who was hit by a falling church stone, an incident which resulted in her death. Johnson was...
Read MoreIt is a sad and unfortunate fact that the most vulnerable members of our society are also the most susceptible to abuse, neglect, and negligence. But just how prevalent is elder abuse, neglect, and negligence? How many of them result...
Read MoreJOLIET PATCH A year after the Diocese of Joliet released a list of priests who were credibly accused of sexually abusing children, more documents detailing abuse allegations are coming to light. As part of a legal settlement, the Catholic Diocese...
Read MoreWGN TV/Chicago Tribune A new lawsuit is filed Thursday against the Chicago Archdiocese, on behalf of three people who say they were sexually abused as children by a now-defrocked priest. The lawsuit comes in the wake of this week’s release...
Read MoreENHANCED NEWS ONLINE Three plaintiffs filed suit today against the Archdiocese of Chicago and one of its former priests, Norbert Maday, for incidents of sexual abuse which took place when Maday was assigned to St. Leo Catholic Church in Chicago,...
Read MoreIt just keeps coming. The institutions that downplayed the crisis–that denied knowing about sexual predators in their midst, that protected the abusers and covered up for them so they could hurt more and more children–just keep admitting to more. Today...
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