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Jan 23, 2026

Jury returns $5M verdict against Wichita private school

A Kansas jury returned a multimillion-dollar verdict against a Wichita private school in a teacher-student sexual abuse lawsuit after an eight-day trial.

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Jun 16, 2025

Appeals court won’t reconsider ruling that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5M in sex abuse case

A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President Donald Trump in a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a writer in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.

Jan 13, 2023

Jury finds in favor ex-prof accused of exploiting students

A federal jury has found in favor of a former University of Illinois professor in a lawsuit two women filed accusing him of sexually and emotionally exploiting them when they were his students.

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May 12, 2020

Supreme Court weighs religious immunity in sexual abuse suit

Twenty-three years ago, the Missouri Supreme Court said courts cannot peer into the hiring and firing practices of religious organizations.

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