Sexual Abuse – Plaintiff

The trust that students often have in their teachers is typically well-placed. Most teachers want to see their students succeed in and out of the classroom and want to a play a part in bettering those students’ lives. Unfortunately, there are some predatory...

Trauma of the mind or body can be difficult to overcome. Far too often, trauma that manifests itself in mental hardships, like PTSD, anxiety or depression, are overlooked or belittled because they are not as visible as physical injuries that result from trauma....

Having the courage to come forward after experiencing abuse can be difficult for anyone. The situation is often even more difficult for children who have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted person, such as a teacher or another authority figure. The adult...

Some individuals in life almost naturally garner the trust of other people. Some of those individuals may include teachers or doctors or those in similar professions. Unfortunately, this trust can easily be broken when someone abuses their power and position of trust...

The idea of a child facing abuse from an adult is harrowing to think about in any capacity. When the child is sexually abused by a trusted adult, the situation becomes even more gut-wrenching. Unfortunately, numerous children are subjected to such abuse across the...

Children are vulnerable in any number of ways. When adult authority figures take advantage of that vulnerability, children can be left facing harrowing circumstances because the people who they should have been able to trust, such as teachers, placed the children in...

When people are accused of wrongdoing, it is common for them to deny the allegations against them. Even when individuals commit heinous crimes, like the sexual abuse of a child, they may still try to maintain their innocence. Fortunately, the law works to hold...

Adults have an obligation to guide children and teenagers in positive directions in life. Unfortunately, some individuals may instead choose to take advantage of young people and put those children in damaging situations by committing sexual abuse. When this happens,...

Far too often, innocent children are subjected to neglect and abuse from parents, relatives and other adults in their lives. Individuals who are supposed to provide care and support may instead deprive children of their needs and physically, mentally and sexually...

Children are often trusting of adults, especially when those adults seem nice, give them gifts or otherwise try to make the children feel as if the adults are trustworthy. Unfortunately, predators in New Mexico and elsewhere often use these tactics and then use that...