Kennedy & Oliver Obtain $3.2 Million Verdict for Survivor of Sexual Molestation
On Friday, July 22, 2005, a jury in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico awarded L.S., a nine year old child, $1.2 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages. On May 8 2002, a substitute teacher molested L.S. and two of her first-grade classmates at Esperanza Elementary School in Farmington. L.S. suffered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the molestation. Sanchez v. Brokop, CV 04-134 (D.N.M., Magistrate Judge Leslie Smith, sitting by consent)
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Sexual Assault in County Jail - Supervisory Liability Analysis
In Gonzales v. Martinez, et al., No. 03-1348 (April 14, 2005), the Tenth Circuit clarified the evidence a plaintiff may use succesfully to prove a jail administrator's liability for a guard's sexual assault of a female inmate. The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of a county sheriff after two women were sexually assaulted in the county jail. The Court held that a jury could find, based on the evidence presented, that the sheriff ignored a "substantial risk of serious harm".
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