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For years, Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, Illinois, was presented as a safe haven for vulnerable children—a place where at-risk youth could receive care, education, and spiritual guidance. However, survivors have now come forward to expose a darker reality—one of institutional betrayal, systemic sexual abuse, and a pattern of misconduct that spanned decades.

The Maryville Academy scandal is not just about individual acts of abuse; it is about an entire institution that enabled and protected abusers while failing to protect the children in its care. Recent revelations indicate that multiple priests and administrators associated with Maryville Academy engaged in sexual misconduct, with allegations reaching as far back as the 1980s.

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This page will provide a general overview of the key New Jersey laws that are applicable to personal injury cases including auto accidents, medical malpractice, dog bites, and product liability claims. We will also look at the average settlement value of these cases in New Jersey and provide examples of recent settlements and verdicts from New Jersey injury cases.

New Jersey Statute of Limitations for Personal Injury Cases

Every state has a legal deadline for how long a potential plaintiff can wait before filing a civil lawsuit. This deadline is called the statute of limitations. New Jersey has a general 2-year statute of limitations. This means that prospective plaintiffs in New Jersey must file their case within the two year SOL window or their claim will be legally barred.

This page will look at sex abuse lawsuits against the Timberline Knolls residential treatment facility in Illinois. Anyone who was sexually abused or assaulted at Timberline Knolls may bring a civil lawsuit and seek financial compensation.

If you are a victim, contact our sex abuse lawyers today at 800-553-8082 or contact us online.

Hartgrove Behavioral Health System, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a psychiatric facility that provides inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment to children, adolescents, and adults. Owned and operated by UHS of Hartgrove, Inc., a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), the facility serves patients suffering from a range of psychiatric disorders, including depression, PTSD, ADHD, and behavioral disorders.

Despite its mission to provide psychiatric care, Hartgrove Hospital has faced persistent allegations of abuse, neglect, and institutional failures, particularly concerning the treatment of minors. Over the years, reports have surfaced of staff members exploiting patients, failure to supervise vulnerable minors, and systemic efforts to cover up abuse rather than report it. These allegations are consistent with issues found across multiple UHS-owned behavioral health facilities.

UHS Hartgrove in Illinois

Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System, located in Streamwood, Illinois, is a psychiatric facility providing inpatient and outpatient treatment for children, adolescents, and adults struggling with mental health conditions.

Like its sister facility, Hartgrove Behavioral Health System, Streamwood Hospital is owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), a for-profit corporation with a long history of allegations involving patient neglect, safety violations, and sexual abuse.

Despite its stated mission to provide quality mental health care, Streamwood has been plagued by reports of mistreatment, negligence, and institutional failures, that have led to the sexual abuse of minors.  Allegations include sexual and physical abuse by staff, inadequate supervision of vulnerable patients, and cover-ups of reported incidents rather than proper intervention. These claims mirror broader depressing patterns seen across HS-owned psychiatric facilities nationwide.

This page looks at the growing tide of lawsuits alleging that Boston area doctor Derrick Todd, M.D., at Bringham and Women’s Hospital sexually abused hundreds of females.

A growing number of women—228 and counting—have come forward and filed lawsuits alleging that Dr. Todd performed unnecessary pelvic and rectal exams on them for his own sexual gratification. This page will look at who is eligible to file a lawsuit against Dr. Todd and what the potential settlement value of these cases could be.

This page examines settlement amounts and jury awards in personal injury cases in Illinois. Our attorneys also offer an analysis of Illinois personal injury law.

As a personal injury victim pursuing a compensation claim in Illinois, it’s natural to want to understand the potential range of settlement payouts. After all, monetary compensation is ultimately the goal of a personal injury or wrongful death claim.

This page aims to explore how personal injury cases have been resolved in Illinois, allowing you to compare your claim with Illinois personal injury settlement statistics and examples of settlements and jury awards.

On this page we will look at civil lawsuits alleging that juvenile detainees and foster children at VisionQuest facilities were sexually abused by staff members. If you were sexually abused at a VisionQuest facility, you may be able to get financial compensation. Call us today at 800-553-8082.

About VisionQuest

VisionQuest provides residential treatment and mentoring for troubled and dependent minors or juvenile delinquents in Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Texax.  A juvenile delinquent is a young person engaging in behavior that would be considered criminal if done by an adult. Juveniles whose legal guardians are unable or unwilling to care for them may be placed in foster care through a dependency proceeding initiated by the state.

Recent scientific evidence has shown that long-term use of chemical hair relaxer products can increase the risk of uterine cancer and other hormone-related health conditions. This has prompted hair relaxer lawsuits against cosmetic companies like L’Oréal. These lawsuits allege that L’Oréal’s popular hair relaxer product, Dark & Lovely, caused uterine cancer and other injuries.

In this post, we will look at the new scientific evidence and the allegations that are being made against L’Oréal regarding its Dark & Lovely product.

Dark and Lovely Relaxer Lawsuit Updates

This page will look at recent sexual abuse lawsuits filed by former patients at the Good Shepard Services mental health treatment center for youth. Good Shepherd was , a now-closed facility in Halethorpe, Maryland, of sexual abuse. The lawsuits were filed under the new law CVA law in Maryland and they alleged that the state Department of Juvenile Services negligently failed to prevent young women from being sexually abused at Good Shepard.

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