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April 2022: The MDL Paraquat class action judge will have a status conference on April 1st to review where the litigation is headed and how best to take the bellwether lawsuits forward for trial in November 2022. 44 new paraquat lawsuits have been added to the MDL in the last two weeks. At this pace, April 2022 will be the busiest month for new files yet. Last week, the parties filed their class-action bellwether picks with the Paraquat MDL judge. Those choices, however, have not been made public.

May 2022: In the last month, over 50 new cases have been added to the Paraquat Lawsuit Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). A group of six patients was recently selected by the Paraquat MDL court for the initial Paraquat Parkinson's disease bellwether trials. As a result, the first trial in November 2022 is approaching soon. The strategy is to select 16 paraquat claims from among the almost 1000 Parkinson's disease litigation claims filed. Following some limited fact discovery in these instances, paraquat attorneys on both sides submitted a preference list to the MDL court, ranking the 16 cases in order of priority. Attorneys for plaintiffs seek the finest facts for their clients, while defense attorneys want the worst. The judge whittled the list down to six Paraquat claims based on these rankings.

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We are here to help survivors seek justice and compensation due before its too late. A lack of effective oversight in schools across the county has enabled unchecked sexual abuse. Vulnerable children are put in a situation where they can be exploited by offenders because there is little oversight and responsibility. Numerous cases of abuse have resulted from this inability to protect pupils, underscoring the urgent need for structural changes and increased awareness.

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School districts have faced numerous lawsuits over the decades for sexual abuse claims. As a result, victims of sexual abuse are settling lawsuits with school districts that failed their students. The experienced school sexual abuse attorneys at Manly, Stewart & Finaldi have recovered more than $400 million on behalf of their clients in these landmark cases:

Los Angeles County - $262 million +: Los Angeles Unified School District settled 81 child sexual abuse claims resulting from the sexual abuse of students at Miramonte Elementary School by former teacher Mark Berndt for $142 Million. This is the largest child sex abuse settlement against any public school district in the United States. Manly, Stewart & Finaldi has settled cases against other schools within LAUSD and Torrance USD in excess of $120 million.

San Bernardino County - $42 Million: Redlands Unified School District in San Bernardino County has paid more than $42 million to former students claiming sexual abuse by teachers since 2016. Alleged perpetrators include Kevin Kirkland, Laura Whitehurst, Brian Townsley, and Joel Koonce.

Orange County - $13 Million +: 12 female Orange County water polo players settled a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a high school coach for $13.85 million.

John Richards, a 57-year-old eighth-grade science teacher at Blockson Middle School in Norristown, Pennsylvania, was arrested on March 19, 2025, following allegations of inappropriate conduct with a 13-year-old female student. According to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, Richards called the student to his desk during class and showed her a typed message on his cellphone, concealed from the rest of the class by his open laptop. The message expressed his desire to kiss her during an upcoming field trip he was chaperoning. The student promptly reported the incident to her father, the school principal, and the school resource officer. Further investigation revealed a second message on Richards' phone, in which he apologized and made additional inappropriate comments about the student. Richards turned himself in to Norristown Police and was charged with felony counts of Attempted Institutional Sexual Assault, Attempted Solicitation for Institutional Sexual Assault, and Unlawrul Contact with a Minor—Sexual Offense. He also faces misdemeanor charges, including Corruption of Minors, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and Attempted Indecent Assault of a Person Less Than 16 Years Old.

Following his arrest, Richards was arraigned, with bail set at $10,000 cash and additional conditions prohibiting contact with the victim or minors. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 27, 2025. In response to the incident, the Norristown Area School District placed Richards on administrative leave and stated there are sufficient grounds for his termination.