Sentences with phrase «abuse cases against»

The Law Firm of Ford, Dean & Rotundo, P.A. recently successfully prosecuted three separate sexual abuse cases against an Assisted Living Facility named Grace Manor Assisted Living and Memory Care located in Port Orange, Florida.

On the same day Nixon announced her candidacy, Cuomo announced he has ordered the state attorney general's office to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- New York's governor on Monday ordered the state attorney general to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein.

The Manhattan district attorney's office says a review of how prosecutors handled a 2015 sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein will show the investigation was handled properly.

Dowd, who has an ongoing priest abuse case against the Diocese of Rockville Centre, said it doesn't matter that Flanagan is no longer at the firm or may not have handled cases involving the church.

The first case that CrowdJustice has put up for funding is Torres v. BP, a human rights abuse case against the oil giant which has already been in the UK press.

Not exact matches

And even in cases where abuse is well documented — as in Ellen Pao's unsuccessful sexual harassment lawsuit against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — the men responsible are rarely punished, and the overall picture rarely improves.

The Florida case against Ferraro stemmed from allegations of abuse during his time as a U.S. Navy chaplain in Key West.

As CT reported five years ago, the case against SGM claimed that the ministry had conspired to cover up abuse within its network.

Wesolowski's case provides a high - profile chance for the Pope, who has been accused by some victims» groups of downplaying the sexual abuse scandal, to take concrete action against one of the Vatican's own.

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

As we learned during our series on abuse in the church, cases of fabricated allegations of child abuse are quite rare, so when this many consistent counts are leveled against an organization, we should be wary of jumping to the defense of the accused and treating the alleged victims as liars.

And on June 21, 2002, the New York Times, in «Silently Shifting Teachers in Sex Abuse Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching jobs.

When I mention alleged cases of abuse to witches, they're quick to warn me against lumping Wicca in with extreme and literal versions of satanism or devil worship, which are very different belief systems.

(iii) Ironically the US and German cases evinced against the Pope concerning abuses back in the 70s and 80s (as with the much more recent Ealing headmaster case used very prominently against Archbishop Nichols) show the Church being decades ahead of the game as they had all involved full and appropriate cooperation with civil authorities.

It happened, though, in the case of the eight - match ban imposed on Luis Suarez after a thorough FA investigation into allegations of racial abuse against Patrice Evra in a Premier League match versus Manchester United.

After a case that had been going on for many months against my father - in - law for heinously abusing my daughters (which resulted in his imprisonment last month), my girls gathered up the courage to tell me their own father had been committing the same abuse against them.

In extreme cases, the abuse involves hitting a child's head against a hard object, like the wall or the floor.

Before ruling against joint custody, the court may also consider hospital and police records (in cases of abuse or where allegations of abuse are present) as well as character witnesses.

This is such an interesting case of man and his right to do whatever idiotic thing he wants to do and the state who tries to protect his kids against what amounts to abuse.

But in many cases one party — usually the one who is feeling most vindictive or who has tried to turn the children against the other parent — makes completely false and unsubstantiated claims of abuse as a way to «game the system.»

«I have found no case where charges similar or analogous to those against Congressman Rangel resulted in censure — a penalty thusfar reserved for such serious violations as supporting armed insurrection against the United States and the sexual abuse of minors.»

There is clearly, no established case of fraud or abuse of office made against the Chairperson.

Different versions of the Child Victims Act would either extend or eliminate the time limit that an abuse victim can bring a case against his or her attacker.

The senator said he doubts that the Senate will even vote this year on Sen. Brad Hoylman's bill, which would allow victims to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse incidents that occurred before 2006, in many cases decades ago, against abusers and their employers.

This was due to the response of the owners of the attacking dog, who in some cases used verbal abuse against blind & partially sighted people, some appeared to be under the influence of drink or drugs and in one case the owner of an aggressive dog laughed at a guide dog owner during an attack on his guide dog.

«Marsh's behavior was a blatant abuse of law and market power: price - fixing, bid - rigging and kickbacks,» Spitzer wrote in the piece, which he said he penned to counter a Wall Street Journal editorial that sought to «disparage the cases my office brought against Marsh & McLennan.»

Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the director and screenwriter James Toback, 73, in five cases in which he has been accused of sexual abuse because their statutes of limitations have expired, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.

Making the fight for justice for child sex abuse victims even murkier, a Staten Island lawmaker, Republican Sen. Andy Lanza, wants to make it easier to bring criminal cases against predators — even though he admits his idea is likely unconstitutional.

When the story first broke of the domestic violence allegations lodged against Johnson by his ex-girlfriend, Sherr - una Booker, and the governor's involvement in the case, Gillibrand spoke out strongly against the man to whom she owes her seat, saying he should resign if the report that he abused his power turned out to be true.

He previously investigated allegations against former MP Cyril Smith, and has pressed the Home Office for action in relation to other historical abuse cases.

«He understands how abuse of power undermines our democracy and has made it a top priority to uphold the integrity of our government by removing bad actors, bringing corruption cases against 40 New York public officials,» she wrote of Schneiderman.

Mrs Osei in her response, pointed out among others that the allegations were unfounded, saying; «There is clearly, no established case of fraud or abuse of office made against the Chairperson.

The penalty exceeded those imposed on many employees who had committed acts of abuse or neglect against people with developmental disabilities, and the case was complicated by the fact that the co-worker involved had previously been fired for cause.

Topics included pending legal cases against the city on stop & frisk and the Central Park 5, Chiara de Blasio's recent video describing her struggle with substance abuse and depression and how the transition process will proceed once de Blasio becomes mayor.

In the wake of the establishment of a prima facie case against Mrs. Osei following allegations of corruption and abuse of office...

The bill would extend the time that criminal or civil cases against predators can be brought, treat public and private institutions equally when it comes to sex abuse cases, and provide a window to revive cases barred under current law.

ALBANY — Making the fight for justice for child sex abuse victims even murkier, a Staten Island lawmaker wants to make it easier to bring criminal cases against predators — even though he admits his idea is likely unconstitutional.

«Basically we want to prevent crime and we have realized that during the school vacation period, the number of cases especially against children or child abuse cases go up, so we are here to sensitize the children for them to know what constitutes sexual abuse and also how they can prevent the crime from happening», she told 3news.com.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

Disclosing what CACOL had done in the past on Obasanjo and his suspected corruption cases, Adeniran said, «our coalition submitted a petition against former President, General Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd) to the EFCC on November 14th, 2007 at the Lagos Zonal Office on offences bordering on alleged conspiracy, fraudulent conversion of funds and abuse of office, foreign exchange malpractice and money laundering.»

While his statement did not mention Dolan by name, it came one day after the cardinal met with him to argue against a lookback provision being included in the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse cases.

Hoylman's bill would eliminate the time limit that an abuse victim can bring a case against his or her attacker.

All the Orange County legislators were provided with documentation of factual cases of civil forfeiture abuse; law enforcement agencies and local municipalities using the proceeds of forfeiture properties, cash and cars to balance their budgets; articles from conservative think tanks like The Heritage Foundation against this law and public comments from citizens, attorneys and former police officers expressing their view against this law.

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says government must defend independence of judiciary against abuse over article 50 case

His comments come after a prima facie case was established against Mrs. Osei, following allegations of corruption and abuse of office leveled against her in two separate petitions.

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) is currently in talks with some lawyers who will handle cases of abuse against journalist,...

But throw in accusations of child abuse, costly court cases pitting children against parents and controversial psychotherapy techniques aimed at «recovering» supposedly long - repressed memories, and you have a feast fit for the pages of colour supplements.

DAILY HERALD CENTRAL UTAH — Jan 22 — Deputy county prosecutor David Sturgill asked the judge to dismiss one of two 2004 cases against Parkinson in which police say the man met a woman on an LDS - themed dating Web site in September 2004, took her to his home and forcibly sexually abused her.

«August» is an actor's showcase, and in this case director John Wells («The Company Men») has pit Meryl Streep against her entire family, but in particular eldest daughter Barbara, played by Julia Roberts.A monumental soap opera of arguing, abuse, betrayal, cruelty, pettiness and even incest ensues.