Justice Secured: Herman Law Represents Survivor of Institutional Abuse in $3.5M Settlement
Herman Law is proud to have represented Charles “Chuck” Carroll in his lawsuit against the State of New Jersey for the abuse he endured as a child while in state care. The $3.5 million settlement, finalized earlier this year, is one of the largest resolutions under New Jersey’s Child Victim’s Act for incidents dating back […]
Herman Law Firm P.A. in the New York Post: “How the Child Victims Act revealed New York’s dark history of child sexual abuse”
NEW YORK, August 13, 2021, (nypost.com) Tomorrow marks the final day to file child sexual abuse cases in New York under the New York Child Victims’ Act. From the New York Post article: “Overall, the [Child Victims’ Act] window has accomplished what it was intended to do,” said Jeff Herman from Herman Law, which has […]
Sex Abuse Attorney Jeff Herman Explains the Child Victims Act on CNN
Nationally recognized sex abuse attorney Jeff Herman explains the Child Victims Act on CNN. Herman discusses the one year filing window and it’s implications for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Click on the video below to watch.
As Child Victims Act takes effect, some seek to void settlements
One-year window to bring old claims begins in August ALBANY — Beginning in August, people with decades-old claims of childhood sex abuse will have the rare chance to sue their alleged abusers and the institutions who they say ignored the crime. The Child Victims Act, which passed the Legislature in January, lifts the statute of […]
