Orange County, California – Greenberg Gross Partner Brian Williams announced a $2.5 million settlement with Seacoast Grace Church in Cypress, California. The church was charged for enabling repeated sexual abuse against three underage girls. The abuse took place at the hands of then-Youth Pastor, Kenneth McCall. Three women, Julie Lusk, Denise Dial, and Jane Doe, …
Mission Viejo High School (MVHS) Childhood Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed
Orange County, California – Greenberg Gross filed a lawsuit against Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD), a current drama teacher (Kathy Cannarozzi-Harris) and her husband, a former substitute teacher (Jim Harris). The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Harris committed repeated sexual assaults in the 1990s against two female students at Mission Viejo High School (MVHS). The …
Greenberg Gross Files Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Grossmont Union High School District
Orange County, California – Greenberg Gross has filed a lawsuit against San Diego’s Grossmont Union High School District alleging a horrific case of repeated sexual assaults by a male counselor against a student in the 1980s at Santana High School. The lawsuit states that the assaults by counselor Douglas Ray Foster began in 1981 when …
Major Lawsuit Filed Against Mater Dei High School for Hazing by Football Team that Resulted in Brain Injury
Orange County, California – Greenberg Gross, working with Jeff Anderson and Associates, has filed a lawsuit against Mater Dei High School for an egregious hazing incident that resulted in a brain injury to a student, a newcomer to the top-ranked football team. The hazing ritual, referred to as “Bodies” by teammates, involves two players squaring …
Childhood Sexual Abuse Case Filed Against Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
FORMER PIONEER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER MICHAEL CARDOZA HAD SEXUALLY ABUSED MINORS FOR DECADES AND WAS CRIMINALLY CONVICTED IN 2008 OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING JAMES MCDANIELCosta Mesa, California – Attorneys from Greenberg Gross and Jeff Anderson & Associates filed a lawsuit against the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District and former Pioneer Valley High School teacher …
Seven-figure Settlement with Santa Ana Unified School District for Enabling Sexual Abuse of High School Student 38 Years Ago
Greenberg Gross Partner Brian Williams announced a seven-figure settlement with the Santa Ana Unified School District on behalf of his client, Tenisha Steen, who was sexually abused by a former teacher, Gary Satrappe. Steen, now in her 50s, filed a lawsuit against the district alleging that it failed to protect her from the abuse when …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Accused of Enabling Horrific Child Sexual Assault of Pediatric Anorexia Patient
Child Victims Act Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Failed To Stop Internationally Renowned Doctor From Isolating and Sexually Assaulting Patient in 1992 Attorneys Expect and Urge Other Survivors To Come Forward Before Aug. 14 CVA Deadline NEW YORK — One of the first world renowned experts at treating children with eating disorders was allegedly able to isolate …
Greenberg Gross LLP Creates Specialized Practice Group to Fight for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
The Greenberg Gross Sexual Assault Litigation practice group was featured in an Orange County Business Journal article discussing landmark legislation in California that provides survivors of childhood sexual assault a greater opportunity to seek justice and be heard. In the article, Wayne Gross and Deborah Mallgrave discuss the California Child Victims Act (AB 218), which affords survivors of childhood …
Childhood Sexual Abuse Case Filed Against Monterey Bay Academy
latest case in a pattern of child sex abuse at the private school, with several cases filed since 2004 Santa Cruz, California – Attorneys from Greenberg Gross and Jeff Anderson & Associates filed a lawsuit against Monterey Bay Academy on behalf of childhood sex abuse survivor Timothy Hassler. They filed an amended complaint, naming the …
Child Sexual Assault Survivor Alexandra Zarini Denounces Allegations in Legal Response Filed by Patricia Gucci
Los Angeles, California – Today, Alexandra Zarini — a survivor of child sex abuse and founder of the Gucci Children’s Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ending child sex abuse — released the following statement responding to the allegations made by Patricia Gucci in a motion to quash the service of summons and evade Zarini’s lawsuit. Zarini filed a civil …
