The following is a true case report of elder abuse and death caused by a Residential Care Facility in California and is taken verbatim from the complaint filed in the Superior Court. The names and dates have been changed to protect the privacy of the family of this tragically abused elder who died of starvation […]
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Child Molestation: School’s Failure to Supervise a Volunteer Senior Citizen – A Case Study
INTRODUCTION The following facts are true. These five cases resulted in positive outcomes because parents joined together and immediately hired an experienced civil trial lawyer at the outset. The original version of this article was prepared as a trial brief for five preschool children and their parents who filed suit against a local school district […]
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse and neglect is: physical injury to a child emotional neglect sexual abuse or exploitation failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care subjecting a child to substantial risk of harm to his or her health and welfare Very few parents set out to intentionally harm their children, physically or emotionally. Yet, […]
Information and Resources for Survivors of Sexual Assault
This article is offered as a public service. I have served as a workshop leader for The Rape Crisis Center and respect the dedicated people who spend countless hours providing the personal support and counselling that survivors can call upon. This article does not address the important role of civil suits to provide remedies and […]
Rape Survivors Rights: Guide for Women
Published in 1978 Important Special Announcement This book was first published in 1978 as special project of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and the Santa Clara County Criminal Justice Advisory Board. At the time I served as the chair of the county justice advisory board and was a Trustee of the Santa Clara County […]
