California Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Case Settles for $2 Million.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by gil hoy

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County, California has settled a sexual assault and cover-up lawsuit this past week.  The accused, a former Monsignor, Michael Harris, agreed to pay $2 million to end the case that involved a single incident of sexual abuse.

The settlement came after hours of negotiations before a jury was to be selected for trial.  Harris, 41 years-old and a father of two, was accused of abusing a student while he was the principal of the Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, CA.

The church is paying the settlement for Harris, who is insolvent.  The alleged victim has also requested, and will receive, a letter of apology.

The victim alleged that Harris had called him into his office to reward him for good behavior and to give him a rosary blessed by the pope. But he then grabbed the boy’s penis and sexually assaulted him.

Critics are not satisfied with the settlement. They are angry that a man who has complete access to kids, and who has allegedly committed a lewd sexual assault, is now free in society, and that the church who covered for him went unpunished.

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Courts in Los Angeles County, California Prepare for Significant Layoffs.

Posted on June 19, 2012 by gil hoy

Plunging budgets in the Los Angeles County court system have forced a series of upcoming layoffs, pay cuts, work reductions and transfers. More than 400 employees in over 50 courtrooms around the county will be affected by the court system cutbacks.

The coming layoffs are a “terrible loss” to the court system and the employees themselves, says Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon. Judges and other court officials are expected to hand out layoff notices and announce the specifics of these cutbacks on Friday.

The union representing state and municipal employees is calling Friday’s action a “freeze on justice in Los Angeles.” The union also warned about the presumed consequences, including a backlog of cases on judicial dockets and significant delays in civil cases.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results in $2.75M Settlement Against Doctors for Delayed Cancer Diagnosis.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by gil hoy

The plaintiff had a history of gastroesophageal reflux, and lab tests revealed an elevated gastrin level, for which she underwent an upper endoscopic ultrasound. Biopsies revealed Barrett’s Esophagus, a disorder in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by stomach acid, as well as the potential for a neuroendocrine tumor in the pancreas.

Doctors removed the pancreatic tumor and adjacent lymph nodes, which were found to contain gastrinoma. The prognosis for such a lesion is good, but requires periodic surveillance of the pancreas and esophagus by endoscopic ultrasound, otherwise known as EUS. Plaintiff alleged that it was the responsibility of the attending gastroenterologist who performed the periodic EUS to determine the timing of the procedures and to communicate the results and significance of the biopsies.

Fourteen months later, the plaintiff underwent a follow-up EUS with biopsy, which revealed Barrett’s Esophagus with low-grade dysplasia. However, the plaintiff claimed that she was told her biopsies were normal. Two years after that, she again returned for an EUS, but claimed in her lawsuit that the appropriate medical standard of care required that she have the repeat biopsy within six months. Again, the plaintiff claimed that she was told her EUS results on that occasion were normal, but that the report showed high-grade dysplasia.

Some months later, plaintiff returned for more biopsies, which revealed the progression of the gastrinoma into Stage III esophageal carcinoma, with a very poor prognosis for survival. The plaintiff died 28 months later during the pendency of litigation, after clinical courses of aggressive chemotherapy.

With plaintiff’s experts ready to testify that early removal of the distal portion of the esophagus following the finding of high-grade dysplasia would have vastly increased her chances of survival, the defendant doctors settled the case for $2.75 million before trial.

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