Sexual Abuse

Representation for Victims of Sexual Abuse

The news reports are shocking: A school board that fails to see a pattern of abuse from a teacher. A youth sports league organization that hires a sex offender without properly investigating the person's background. When children are exposed to sexual abusers as a result of negligence, McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, in Los Angeles stands ready to help you hold those organizations accountable.

Often, catastrophic personal injury is thought of only in terms of accidents that were avoidable at the moment they occurred such as a car wreck or a faulty product; but in cases of assault and abuse, you may have the need to pursue legal remedies when a larger organization should have reasonably prevented the abuse.

Legal Representation for Sexual Assault Victims

$10.8 million - Recovered for family of a teenage boy sexually assaulted by a teacher

We rely on organizations such as schools, churches, community groups and other professional groups to care for our loved ones. When those organizations fail to ensure the safety of our children from attack, abuse, molestation or rape, the violation extends beyond the attacker. Failure or a pattern of failure by an organization that takes responsibility for the protection of an innocent person can be legally negligent.

$2.2 million - Recovered against LAUSD after a 16-year-old special education student is sexually assaulted by another student in the school bathroom

Our team of attorneys can help you pursue compensation from organizations that fail to live up to their crucial obligation to keep our loved ones safe from sexual abuse.

The Legal Resources to Be Effective

At the law office of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, our lawyers are able to handle the most complex and resource-intensive cases in Southern California and throughout the United States. We handle cases of catastrophic injury and sexual abuse where there exists significant organizational negligence.

To learn more about our services, contact us online or by phone at 310-694-5027.

$10,800,000
Sexual abuse of a male minor
by a male coach
$10,048,000
Laborer injured right thigh & knee on
construction job requiring internal hardware
$9,000,000
26-year-old plaintiff recovered against
international company for a brain injury
$8,000,000
25 tenants subjected to slumlord
and uninhabitable conditions
$6,500,000
Subway tunnel worker killed
in a workplace accident
$5,430,000
First African-American member of LAPD bomb
squad discriminated against because of his race
$5,000,000
Wrongful death of individual with three
heirs in vehicle accident
$3,603,000
Verdict for LAPD K9 Bomb Unit dog handler was
retaliated against for standing-up for the lone
female in the Unit who was harassed and discriminated against (click here)
$2,200,000
16-year-old special education student recovered
against LAUSD for being sexually assaulted
$1,750,000
Jury verdict in favor of passengers injured
in an elevator crash

John, Patrick and Matthew McNicholas were named as Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

John McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2007 and 2008, and Patrick McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

John, Patrick, and Matthew are all members of the American Board of Trial Advocates an organization based on trial experience.