Police Officers Charged with Child Sexual Abuse Crimes
The Yost Legal Group Is Representing Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Maryland Police Officers The Washington Post recently reported that 1,800 police officers were charged with child sexual abuse crimes between 2005 and 2022. These officers were accused of committing crimes involving sexual abuse against children. The report highlights a concerning trend within...
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New York Times Finally Covers Hair Relaxer Litigation
After 8,000 Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Filed, Mainstream Media Pay Attention to Cancer Risk Earlier this month, on June 13, 2024, New York Times Magazine contributing writer Linda Villarosa published “The Disturbing Truth About Hair Relaxers.” Her expansive 6,300-word article was the ripe fruit born from over a year of research about hair relaxer lawsuits. She...
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Urgent Exactech Recall of Defective Hip Liner
Exactech Recall Lawsuit; Connexion GXL Hip Replacement Liner Exactech, a Florida based medical device manufacturer, has issued an FDA Exachtech recall of a number of its medical devices. The recall list includes: Optetrak Optetrak Logic Truliant knee replacement products Vantage ankle replacement products Connexion GXL Hip Liner The hip implant recalls are prompted by the...
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Charles H. Hickey School Juvenile Detention Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Formerly Known as the Maryland Training School for Boys, This Juvenile Detention Center Has a History of Rape and Sexual Abuse of Minors Maryland Juvenile detention centers have been irresponsible in their duties to protect the vulnerable minors in their care. Youth detention centers, like the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, ignored reports of rapes...
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Sex Abuse in Maryland Juvenile Detention Centers: The Yost Legal Group Is Taking Cases for Survivors
If You Were Raped or Sexually Abused as a Minor in a Maryland Youth Detention Center, You May Have a Case With the quickly approaching deadline to file a lawsuit against the Catholic Church and Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland for sexual abuse and assault committed by Catholic Church clergy members and Catholic school employees,...
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Deadline Against Archdiocese of Baltimore for Sexual Assault Is May 31: File Your Catholic Church Rape Lawsuits Before Deadline
In a move that surprised no one, the nation’s oldest Catholic diocese filed a bankruptcy petition two days before a statute of limitations waiver took effect. The bankruptcy filing immediately stopped lawsuits against the archdiocese itself. In another move that was no surprise, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner upheld the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy...
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Allergan’s Defective Textured Breast Implants: A Brief Update on the BIA-ALCL Litigation
At this point, there is enough evidence to suggest a strong link between Allergan’s defective textured breast implants and breast implant-associated large cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as evidenced by the continued multi-district litigation with over 1,000 plaintiffs. Usually, a combination of textured implants and a compromised immune system causes...
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Update on Exactech Hip Replacement Recall Lawsuits
More and more patients are filing Exactech hip replacement recall lawsuits. Exactech is a global medical device company that creates orthopedic implant devices and surgical implants for joint replacement surgeries. In June of 2021, Exactech issued recalls of its knee, hip, and ankle implant systems. The recall cites defective packaging that caused the polyethylene inserts...
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Uber Sexual Assault Litigations Go Global
Last week, a group of Canadian lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit against Uber “on behalf of passengers that were sexually assaulted, assaulted, battered, raped, kidnapped, forcibly confined, stalked, harassed, otherwise attacked or subjected to other sexual misconduct by an Uber driver with whom they had been paired through the Uber App.” It is a comprehensive...
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Harmed by a Semi-Truck or Tractor Trailer? Call The Yost Legal Group
2020 was a landmark year for truck accident cases and for all the wrong reasons. Coronavirus lockdowns badly disrupted the supply chain. Furthermore, 2020 was the year the ongoing truck driver shortage moved from a concerning nuisance to a major crisis. Not coincidentally, semi-truck crashes have increased 26 percent since 2020. Modern semi-trucks are also...
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