An Uber driver based out of Redwood City has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female passenger. NBC Bay Area News reported that the alleged sexual assault happened as the 59-year-old driver, Rodolf Vjerdha, was transporting a female passenger on Friday evening. The victim intended to Uber Pool with other passengers, but once […]
Sexual Abuse
Compensation for Molested Children
Until 1991 it was possible to collect homeowner’s insurance coverage for the damages suffered by molested children. The legal basis was the 1979 decision in Congregation Rodef Shalom v. American Motorists 91 Cal. App. 3d 690 which held that a teenager who set a fire that damaged a synagogue was unable to conduct himself in […]
Stanford Rapist Should Not Have Escaped State Prison
On Tuesday May 31 my letter to the editor of the Palo Alto Daily Post was published calling for a Stanford student convicted of rape to be sentenced to state prison later that week. “Having represented scores of survivors of sexual battery in decades of personal injury advocacy and appreciating the lifelong pain that is […]
Stanford Hospital Tech Accused of Sexual Battery
On Monday, a former Stanford Hospital anesthesia technician pleaded no contest on two counts of sexual battery. KRON Channel Four News reported that the anesthesia tech, 56-year-old Robert Lastinger of Fremont, was fired last year after several nurses reported that he had touched the genitals of male patients post-surgery while they were still under anesthesia. […]
Sexual Abuse in The Foster Home
A disturbing recent article out of the New York Times highlights the importance of authorities within the foster care and child services systems to recognize and take action when they see red flags indicating that children could be in danger. Information has come to light that a longtime foster parent and adoptive parent on Long […]
