Survivors abused as children inside juvenile detention facilities, group homes, and foster placements are bringing some of the largest institutional abuse claims in the country, aided by lookback windows that revive decades-old claims against the agencies responsible.
Like all civil abuse claims, these cases are brought by the survivor, controlled by the survivor, and decided on the preponderance of the evidence. Compensation can cover therapy and medical care, lost income and earning capacity, and pain and suffering — and courts can add punitive damages against egregious institutional conduct.
Individual abusers rarely have the assets to make a judgment meaningful. The institutions that enabled them — through negligent hiring, ignored complaints, or active concealment — usually do. Experienced civil counsel builds the case against both.
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Yes. Civil claims are independent of the criminal system, are decided on the preponderance of the evidence, and frequently succeed where no criminal charge was ever filed.
Often the institution as well as the individual — organizations that hired, supervised, ignored warnings about, or concealed the conduct of the person who caused harm.
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