Sexual Assault

This question is asked a lot:  How long do I have to sue the parties responsible (in other words, the assaulter and/or his employer responsible for allowing the assault to happen) for my childhood rape or sexual assault?  I recently provided analysis to two local DFW newspapers concerning the Texas statute of limitations in minor-age, civil sex assault cases.  I …

Update: Please read this very informative, recent June 21, 2024 Dallas Observer article concerning Mr. Harmon: ‘Systemic Spiritual Abuse’: How an Alleged Child Sexual Abuser Went Unchecked Over the past few days, we’ve seen a couple of headlines in Dallas area media concerning awful alleged acts of child sex abuse.  We’ll Be Your Voice and Stop the Abuse Click below …

We have blogged on this before and address it elsewhere in our website. It is all too familiar and simply awful:  $4.35m Settlement Reached In Rape Of Teenage McDonald’s Worker The article references a devastating occurrence in Pennsylvania involving a minor/teenage girl raped by her manager while working at a McDonald’s.  It resulted in the franchisee there having to pay …

This article has been in the DFW-area news in recent days. The article discusses another incident of a local Catholic priest, this time Father Ricardo Mata, allegedly engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior with two “juvenile” age girls, one of whom reportedly age 10. The alleged sexual abuse occurred away from church premises, at the family home of one of the …

This is a recent, informative article by a long-tenured group who has made it its mission to shed light on sexual abuse of children within the Catholic Church. The upshot of the article is that once a sex-abuse victim reports a claim, the victim is oftentimes treated by the Catholic Church so badly that a form of re-traumatization occurs. To …

Being subjected to workplace sexual assault can have devastating physical and emotional consequences. It can rob you of your sense of security and well-being, making it difficult to return to your job. The lawyers at Crowe Arnold & Majors, LLP, in Dallas, Texas, stand firmly with victims of sexual assault and are here to help you explore every legal option …

Experienced Dallas sexual assault lawyers at Crowe Arnold & Majors, LLP, are committed to fighting sexual abuse in the workplace and helping victims obtain justice and compensation for the pain, humiliation, shame, and economic losses they have suffered. Our Dallas-Fort Worth lawyers are here to guide you through every step of the legal process, including gathering evidence at the scene …

This is a disturbing statistic discussed in this article. From the article: “A lawsuit filed in California in 2019 brought by at least 14 plaintiffs, accused Lyft of failing to conduct adequate background checks for its drivers, allowing for a pattern that “induces” young, unaccompanied or intoxicated female passengers to use its service and subjects them to harassment and sexual assault.” …

The RAND Arroyo Center, a federally funded research group, recently published a report on sexual assault. It showed that female service members at Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas faced a higher risk of sexual assault than at other Army bases across the country. Women in field artillery and engineers faced the overall highest risk of sexual harassment and …

We receive yet another report of a manager at a fast-food restaurant sexually abusing young, minor-age teenage workers. This time, it allegedly was a 27-year-old Sonic manager in the San Antonio, Texas area. Fortunately, there is no report that an outright sexual assault or rape was involved.  But alleged “groping” of young girls younger than age 17 is bad enough …