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Sexual Abuse & Assault, Child Abuse & Neglect, Battery & Homicide, Premises Security & Wrongful Death |
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Child abuse, sexual assault, battery, and homicide have a devastating effect on the victims of the crime. The abuser may be a teacher, a co-worker, a neighbor or a total stranger. The law provides for criminal prosecution of the abuser, but what about the emotional and often times physically debilitating injuries that a survivor has sustained? Not only can the abuser be held criminally responsible for his or her crimes, but he/she can also be held financially responsible for the personal injury and economic losses caused by their criminal acts. Lawsuits by victims hold the abuser directly accountable and emphasize that crime does not pay. In some cases, victims can justifiably hold responsible those third parties, such as schools, apartment mangers, employers, or daycares, whose negligence created or facilitated the conditions that enabled the abuser to commit the crime. Lawsuits by victims encourage business owners to improve security and reduce the potential of future crime. Sara Powell is a skilled and experienced personal injury lawyer. Sara Powell fights for the rights of survivors to tell their stories, to reclaim control and to hold those responsible accountable. |
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