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Human Rights
Abuse:
Joshua M. Ambush
Hilton Plaza, Suite 206
1726 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
Tel: 410-484-2070
Fax: 410-484-9330
joshua@ambushlaw.com
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Abused or defrauded
by
WWASPS?
Contact:
www.wturley.com
The Turley Law Firm is
reviewing other potential claims: 1-800-692-4025;
There are no upfront
costs to plaintiffs as cases are taken on a contingency fee basis. If you feel you were
defrauded or harmed in any way by any WWASPS facility, feel free to contact them at
1-800-692-4025.
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Florida law firm
represents plaintiffs against Internet Defamation cases, plaintiffs
who have been harmed and/or defrauded by the teen-help industry, and
more
David Pollack
David H.
Pollack, Esq.
www.davidpollacklaw.com
540 Brickell Key
Drive
Suite C-1
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: 305-372-5900
Fax: 305-372-5904
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Prominent Texas law firm represents plaintiffs who have been harmed
and/or defrauded by the teen-help industry.
Windle Turley
Turley
Law Firm
www.wturley.com
6440 North Central Exp.
1000 Turley Law Center
Dallas, Texas 75206
Tel: 214-691-4025
Toll Free: 800-692-4025
Fax: 214-361-5802
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Montana law firm
represents plaintiffs who have been harmed and/or defrauded by the
teen-help industry.
James A. Manley,
Esq.
Ann L. Moderie, Esq.
Manley Law Firm
201 Fourth Avenue East
Polson,
Montana 59860
Tel: 406-883-6285
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Atlanta
law firm represents plaintiffs who have been harmed and/or defrauded
by the teen-help industry.
Michael Gorby,
Esq.
Mary Donne Peters, Esq.
Gorby,
Reeves, & Peters
www.gorbyreeves.com
Two Ravinia
Drive
Suite 1500
Atlanta, GA 30346-2104
Tel: 404-239-1150
Fax: 404-239-1179
info@gorbyreeves.com
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New York law
firm represents plaintiffs who have been harmed and/or defrauded by
the teen-help industry.
Eric C. Nordby,
Esq.
Timothy P. Murphy, Esq.
Christopher G. Todd, Esq.
Hancock &
Estabrook
www.hancocklaw.com
1500 Tower I
PO Box 4976
Syracuse, NY 13221-4976
Tel: 315-471-3151
Fax: 315-471-3167
bkistner@hancocklaw.com
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Utah
law firm represents plaintiffs who have been harmed and/or defrauded
by the teen-help industry.
Brad H. Bearnson,
Esq.
Daniel K. Dygert, Esq.
Bearnson & Peck, LLC
74 West 100 North
PO Box 675
Logan, Utah 84321
Tel: 435-787-9700
Fax: 435-787-2455
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LAWSUITS
Links to Legal
Resources
RECENT LAWSUIT FILED ON BEHALF OF A
TEEN:
VIOLATION OF
DUTY TO PROTECT A MINOR, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION,
MEDICAL NEGLECT, CHILD ABUSE
This lawsuit
alleges a minor child, Isaac Hersh, was forcefully and against his
will taken to a facility for
troubled youth,
Tranquility
Bay
in Jamaica. Because of documented cases of abuse at
Tranquility
Bay,
and because of the forceful nature in which the boy disappeared, his
community actively sought to assist
in his rescue.
The Law
Offices of Joshua M. Ambush located in
Baltimore,
Maryland,
filed the Complaint on behalf of
the Washington
Center
for Peace and Justice on March 19, 2008, and against the parents and
the
State Department.
This was a
novel approach that worked. Mr. Ambush indicated he did not sue
WWASPS, as has been
done in the past. The focus of this suit was to force the State
Department to do everything they are
mandated by law to do in order to protect abused minor children abroad.
Read the
Complaint and the Motion to Dismiss below. After the suit was filed,
the State Department took
action and Isaac was released. The case was subsequently dismissed.
Click here
for the Complaint
Click here for the Motion to Dismiss
Click here for more news
LAWSUITS FILED BY AND AGAINST WWASPS:
CHILD
ABUSE, NEGLECT, WRONGFUL DEATH, FRAUD LAWSUIT AGAINST WWASPS
The Turley Law Firm in Dallas, Texas, initially
filed a lawsuit on behalf of three plaintiffs in August 2006
alleging child abuse, neglect, and fraud. In October 2006, 26 more were added.
On December 19, 2006,
another 55
new plaintiffs joined the lawsuit, for a total of 82 plaintiffs. (Click
here for Press Release).
More are expected to join in.
Plaintiffs are both parents who
feel they were defrauded by WWASPS and former students who were
abused and/or neglected during their stay at one or more of WWASPS facilities inside and outside the US.
Wood, et al. v. World Wide Association of
Specialty Programs and Schools, et al.
Click
here
for original Complaint filed August
25, 2006 - 3 plaintiffs
Click
here for 8/26/06
Press Release
Click
here
for First Amended Complaint filed
October 11, 2006 - 25 plaintiffs
Click
here
for 10/16/06 Press Release
Click
here
for Second Amended Complaint filed
December 19, 2006 - 82 plaintiffs
Click
here for 12/21/06 Press Release
Click
here for the Motion to Amend the Complaint, for a total
of 133 plaintiffs
Click
here for Memorandum in Support of Motion to Sever and
Dismiss (Teen Help)
Click
here for Letter from WWASPS to Plaintiffs' Counsel
Click
here for WWASPS, Ken Kay, and Robert Lichfield's Motion
to Dismiss
Complete
Complaint posted with permission.
WRONGFUL
DEATH LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SPRING CREEK LODGE IN MONTANA
On November 6, 2006, an Amended Complaint was filed in the Montana
Twentieth Judicial District Court
in Sanders County, on behalf of Judith Newman, mother of Karlye Newman.
Spring Creek Main Page:
(click
here)
November
23, 2006, news
article re Karlye's death: (click
here)
June
26, 2006, news article re Spring Creek Lodge withdraws from WWASPS:
(click
here)
25 PLAINTIFFS FILE $100,000,000 LAWSUIT AGAINST WWASPS
ACADEMY OF IVY RIDGE FOR FRAUD
Twenty-five plaintiffs who claim they were fraudulently deceived filed
$100,000,000 lawsuit against the Academy
of Ivy Ridge and its associates.
Press Release 7/28/06:
WWASPS back in court.
Complaint:
Dungan,
et al. v. The Academy of Ivy Ridge, et al.
LAWSUIT
AGAINST WWASPS FILED: ALLEGING FRAUD, DECEIT, VIOLENCE, and more
Thirteen
families filed a lawsuit against WWASPS
to obtain redress for the systematic frauds, deceit, violence,
and
other corrupt and
unlawful practices perpetrated upon parents and
their minor children for the beneficial
benefit of the defendants.
Complaint:
George, et al. v. WWASP, et al.
ALLEGED
CHILD ABUSE AT WWASPS' MAJESTIC RANCH
Parents
allege their son was abused at WWASPS' Majestic Ranch program
in Utah.
Complaint:
Havlan v. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools,
et al.
PLAINTIFF
ALLEGES HE WAS HUMILIATED, RIDICULED, AND MORE AT WWASPS' MAJESTIC
RANCH
Plaintiff
alleges he was humiliated, ridiculed, and more, during his stay at
WWASPS' Majestic Ranch
program in Utah.
Complaint:
Mazdzer v. Teen Help, et al.
MOTHER
WHOSE CHILD WAS ABUSED AT WWASPS" PARADISE COVE IN WESTERN SAMOA
SUES
Mother files
lawsuit against Teen Help, WWASPS, and their associates, alleging
negligence, false
imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of
fiduciary duty, and fraud when her son
attended WWASPS' Paradise Cove program in Western Samoa. This
program is now closed. According
to the Complaint, the child was reduced to almost to a skeleton.
Complaint:
Bowman, et al. v. Teen Help, WWASPS, et al.
A
mother and her twin sons filed a lawsuit against WWASPS' Tranquility
Bay facility in Jamaica. Read how
this mother had to fight to get her sons back.
Complaint:
Burke v. Teen Help, et al.
Summary
and history of case:
Dochterman, et al. v. Teen Help, et al.
Advocacy
group, International Survivors Action Committee (ISAC) was sued by
Robert Lichfield for defamation,
invasion of privacy, and intentional interference with prospective
economic advantages. Plaintiff alleges
defendants posted defamatory statements about plaintiff, searched through
trashcans and performed
surveillance on plaintiffs' property, and gathered private business
matters from the trash at facilities where
plaintiff has business relations.
Complaint:
Lichfield v.
International Survivors Action Committee (ISAC);
Click here for Docket, Order.
Multiple families file suit against
Bethel Boys -
Click here
for Summary
Complaint:
Struble, et al. v. Fountain, et al.
;
for Complaint (parent permission to post complete
complaint)
Complete Complaint
posted with plaintiff permission.
Allegations of abuse at WWASPS'
Tranquility Bay in Jamaica.
Aaron Kravig, Lindsey Wise & Nick Violante
IN RE: JONATHAN TYLER MITCHELL,
GINA FARMER -
click here
Click here for
Testimony of Aaron Kravig
Click here for
Testimony of Lindsey Wise
Click here
for Testimony of Nick Violante
Miscellaneous:
PLAINTIFF
SUES HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY
Hidden Lake Academy: Complaint filed alleging unqualified, uncertified
staff and teachers, with causes of action
that include Breach of Contract, Breach of Fair Dealings, Violating Fair
Business Practices, among others.
(Click
here for Case Summary,
click here for Complaint)
JURY AWARDS
$2 MILLION VERDICT FOR SCHOOL FOR AUTISTIC CHILD
A Suffolk County jury
awarded $2 million today to the family of an autistic boy who was abused
at Boston
Higashi School, a private school for autistic children in Randolph,
Massachusetts, the lawyers for the
family said. The jury found the executive director, Robert Fantasia, three
teachers, a doctor, and an
administrator at the school responsible for the physical abuse caused to
plaintiff Scott Tedeman. The
student's family said it discovered the abuse in 2000 and later withdrew
him from the school where he
was a residential student for 14 years. (click
here)
State v. Fisher -
Click here
for the Court Opinion
Giannone v. Ayne Institute, et al. -
Click here
for
Memorandum;
Read
article: Son
Dies at Wilderness Camp, Parents Sue
Todd E. Deal, as Guardian Ad Litem
for Wayne Howard Crow, Appellant, vs. Northwood Children's Home
Society, Inc., et al., Respondents. Filed April 18, 2000
(click
here)
Legal
resources:
Child
Custody Law Firms is dedicated to informing the public about child
custody. They provide the service of locating local attorneys and law
firms for
anyone in the United States and handle all areas of child
custody cases
including custody orders, direct income withholding,
interstate cases, and
spousal support.
http://www.childcustorylawfirms.com
Bazelon Center for Mental Health is a national legal advocate for
people with mental disabilities. The
Bazelon Center works to advance and
preserve the rights of people with mental illnesses and developmental
disabilities.
Click here to
read what Bazelon has to say about children in residential treatment
centers.
http://www.bazelon.org
Plaintiff never
had a behavioral disorder of any kind, the defendants had her taken
out of school, strip searched
and placed in their treatment
facility. For thirteen years they deprived her of an education, kept
her in a closed
society in which they made all the rules,
systematically destroyed her ability to function in society and
engaged
in horrific behavior modification techniques by rewarding
her for lying and punishing her for telling the truth. When
she
finally escaped she had no money, no education and no ability to
function. She did have mental illnesses and
suicidal ideations
induced by what they did to her.
Click here to read
the Statement.
http://www.healthlaw.org/ - National
Health Law Program
http://www.nvlsp.org - National Veterans Legal Services
Project, Inc.
http://www.youthlaw.org - National
Center for Youth Law
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/drs/drshome.htm
- U.S. Department of Justice Disability Rights
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