On November 10, 2023, Herman Law filed a Group Action Lawsuit on behalf of 159 Robert Hadden survivors. NBC 4 New York was on the scene to cover the press conference: We are urging any other potential victims to come forward now as the New York Adult Survivors Act window closes on November 24, 2023.
Attorney Jeff Herman AND Survivors of convicted sexual abuser Robert Hadden will be holding a Press Conference on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 1:00 pm on the steps of the New York Public Library The Survivors will give a statement and answer questions. This lawsuit is filed under The New York Adult Survivors Act, which …
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We have taken note of the recent ProPublica article titled “How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More than 20 Years” that sheds further light on the deeply troubling allegations against Robert Hadden, a former OBGYN convicted on July 25, 2023, of sexually abusing patients. As legal representatives of over 100 …
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U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, announced the 20-year prison sentence of Robert Hadden, convicted in January for enticing and inducing four victims to travel interstate for unlawful sexual activity. Hadden, who practiced medicine from 1987 to 2012, abused dozens of patients over two decades, using his position as an …
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A prominent gastroenterologist from Queens, Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, has been charged with a series of sexual assaults, including drugging, raping, and filming the assaults of several women, some of whom were his patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital. The charges were announced by the Queens District Attorney’s office and include 50 new counts brought …
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Advocates of the Child Victims Act (CVA) as well as child abuse victims themselves are currently urging lawmakers to extend the lookback window of the Child Victims Act (CVA) for another year, which would give adult victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to file legal actions against their perpetrators. Unfortunately, with COVID-19 putting a …
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The Child Victims Act Window Opens on August 14th! On August 14th, a one-year, one-time-only period will begin to allow all victims of childhood sexual abuse in New York to seek civil action, regardless of how old the victim is or how long ago the abuse occurred. This means that for one year, you may …
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According to WABC TV New York, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Monday to ease restrictions on when childhood sexual abuse victims can seek damages in court, an action that comes after a wave of details last year about the abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church. Murphy said in a statement that he recognized …
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Linda Rosenthal, the Assemblywoman, and Sen. Brad Hoylman are looking to extend the window for the Child Victims Act another year. Now lawmakers in Albany needs to pass it. THis allows survivors of childhood sexual abuse to come forward at any age to file a civil lawsuit against their abusers and any institutions that either …
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