If you were the victim of sexual abuse or assault, either as a child or an adult, you have the right to bring a civil lawsuit against both your abuser and any school, company, or organization that might be liable for the abuse. In this post, we will provide a brief overview of sexual abuse lawsuits in New York.
We will explain the applicable statute of limitations for sex abuse civil cases in New York and how settlement amounts are calculated in these cases. If you have a New York sex abuse lawsuit, contact us today for a free consultation at Our lawyers are digging deeper into the Four Winds hosptial sexual assault lawsuits.
Staff members sexually abused minors under their care through manipulation, threats, and coercion, while other employees failed to intervene despite being aware of the misconduct. The reported incidents span from to as recently as or , including a case in which a minor was raped and contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
In , a staff member, Dominic Sbordone, was convicted of abusing a patient, highlighting severe security lapses at the facility. Plaintiffs claim these failures were part of a broader pattern of negligence and institutional shortcomings. The lawsuits accuse the hospitals of negligent hiring practices, insufficient staff training, and inadequate supervision, all of which allegedly enabled abusive behavior to persist unchecked.
Plaintiffs further allege that the hospitals maintained unsafe policies and procedures that created an environment ripe for abuse, while misleading families and the public by promoting themselves as safe and therapeutic facilities.
