Criminal Law

Florida Jury Awards $5.4 Million Verdict In Sexual Harassment Case
A Florida jury awarded $5.4 Million to a female employee who filed claims against her employer for sexual harassment and battery. The employee had worked for the employer for fourteen years, during which the employer admittedly sought more than a professional relationship with the employee, and even kissed her on the lips at a public function...

RI Jury Awards $2 Million for Medical Malpractice
PROVIDENCE ? A jury has awarded $2 million to a Warwick, RI, man who claimed he suffered brain damage due to substandard care after open heart surgery at Rhode Island Hospital. A Superior Court jury awarded him $2 million following nearly two days of deliberation and a 19-day trial, according to this Providence Journal report...

Jury Awards $1 Million in Suit Against Nursing Home
A jury awarded $1 million in punitive damages to the family of a 104 year-old who died after a brief stay in a nursing home operated by Sunrise Senior Living. The jury found that the nursing home?s abuse and neglect led to her developing pressure ulcers...

Illinois Jury Awards Former Altar Boy that Was Sexually Abused by a Belleville Priest $5 Million
A 47-year-old Champaign man who says a Belleville priest sexually abused him when he was a 13-year-old altar boy at St. Teresa?s Parish has been awarded $5 million by an Illinois jury...

Former High School Coach Gets 7 Years in Prison For Sexual Assault
A former high school girls? basketball coach who was convicted of sexually assaulting a player has been sentenced to seven years in prison, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Pamela Balogh, 40, a former coach at Immaculata High School, was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault, third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child; and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact...

Weyerhauser Loses Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit in Oregon As Jury Awards $28 Million
Oregon Jury Awards $28 Million in Antitrust Class Action Against Weyerhauser On April 29, 2008, Weyerhauser lost a class action lawsuit filed in Oregon; the class action complaint reportedly alleged antitrust violations in that Weyerhauser allegedly monopolized the market for finished alder lumber...

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Sexual Harassment Policy
Define harassment, outline complaint procedure

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit
Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit

Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case
Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case

Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit

Catholic Archdiocese
Will Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements

Michigan
Settles Female Prisoner Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $100 Million

Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit
Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit