A shocking lawsuit filed in New Jersey accuses Dr. Richard Cruciani, a pain physician formerly working at New York’s Israel Medical Center, of sexually abusing seven women under his care. The lawsuit looks to hold both the former doctor and the hospitals that employed him accountable for his actions. One of the plaintiffs in the […]
Shocking allegations surrounding established religious institutions in New York City have been taking the religious community by storm following the extension of the Child Victims Act of New York. Unfortunately, child sex abuse scandals by these organizations have long been part of New York City’s history. While you or a loved one may be suffering […]
For more than 30 years, rumors circulated about Warminster police officer James Carey. Concerned parents wrote letters and reported he acted too playfully around male students. After a few investigations turned up nothing, Carey continued to be active in the police force and other organizations that gained him access to young boys. Finally, four brave […]
We should be able to count on our healthcare professionals to act appropriately at all times when dealing with patients. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Recently, Robert A. Hadden, a Manhattan gynecologist, was federally charged over allegations of sexual abuse. At Soloff & Zervanos, P.C., our New York City sexual assault attorneys want […]
Victims of sexual abuse should always have the ability to pursue compensation and justice from their abusers through the civil courts in New York. Unfortunately, many abuse victims have been unable to pursue justice due to statutes of limitations in place in these cases. However, the Child Victims Act changed this to allow for abuse […]
No child should ever have to worry about being sexually assaulted by an adult, particularly a police officer in place to protect them. Unfortunately, an NYPD school safety officer is now facing allegations that he sexually abused a child going back years. At Soloff & Zervanos, P.C., our New York City child sexual abuse attorneys […]
Victims of child sex abuse often experience long-lasting emotional and psychological damage because of what happened to them. In many cases, victims of this kind of abuse do not feel comfortable coming forward about what happened until later in life. Previously, survivors of sex abuse in New York were often barred by statutes of limitations […]
A bill has been introduced in Congress that would authorize the spending of billions of dollars over the next decade that would increase the ability of federal, state, and local law enforcement to fight online child sex abuse. The New York City sexual abuse attorneys at Soloff & Zervanos, P.C. want to discuss this proposal […]
Not a week goes by when we are not learning more information about the repercussions of child sexual abuse allegations on major organizations. In February 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy in anticipation of lawsuit settlements. Now, the Diocese of Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy protection. At Soloff & Zervanos, P.C., our qualified […]
A recent documentary from Oxygen which included an interview with Soloff & Zervanos attorney Jeffrey Fritz has uncovered an alleged massive cover-up of child sexual abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization. The abuse has allegedly occurred for decades and throughout their organization across the country. Worse, we are learning that there is a secret archive […]