August 7, 2013SAUK VALLEY MEDIA “These victims, and their parents, placed their trust and confidence in the Boy Scouts, and the Scouts let them down,” attorney Chris Hurley said in a statement. “When abuse was reported, BSA turned its back and not...
Read More August 7, 2013LAWYERS.COM, NATIONAL LEGAL BLOG Christopher T. Hurley, managing partner of Chicago-based firm [[title]], discussed how the doctrine of fraudulent concealment essentially resets the statute of limitations and gives plaintiffs five years to file suit once they discover that information was...
Read More August 7, 2013OAK LAWN PATCH Former scouts from St. Louis de Montfort’s troubled Troop 1600 claim they were sexually assaulted by convicted pedophile, Thomas Hacker, during the 1980s. Representing the plaintiffs are Chicago attorneys Christopher Hurley and Evan Smola. See More
Read More August 7, 2013DAILY HERALD Fifteen former Boy Scouts from the suburb of Burbank filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the organization failed to protect them from a scout leader who was later convicted of molestation. The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit...
Read More August 7, 2013FOX 32 NEWS “These victims, and their parents, placed their trust and confidence in the Boy Scouts, and the Scouts let them down,” attorney Chris Hurley said in a statement. “When abuse was reported, BSA turned its back and not...
Read More August 7, 2013ABC 7 CHICAGO Although he’s listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, Christopher Hurley says the suit isn’t about Hacker. He says it’s about exposing the Boy Scouts of America and preventing this kind of systematic abuse from ever happening...
Read More August 7, 2013Today, Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C. filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of 15 men who were sexually abused by notorious pedophile Thomas Hacker. These men, who wish to remain anonymous, were repeatedly molested...
Read More June 24, 2013A Lake County judge has sentenced David Hatyina to 10 years in prison for killing a 10-year-old boy while driving his boat under the influence of alcohol and cocaine last summer. The horrific accident occurred while the boy was inner-tubing...
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