The California Supreme Court has declined to review a case involving revived sexual assault claims against public entities, with Justice Joshua Groban casting the lone dissenting vote. The case in question is West Contra Costa Unified School District v. Superior Court, which stems from allegations of sexual assault by a…
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Lawsuit Filed Against Kumon After Unsupervised Child Critically Injured
The parents of seven-year-old Bastian Michel, severely injured after wandering away unsupervised from a Kumon Math & Reading Center in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood, are filing a lawsuit against Kumon North America and Systematic Learnings Inc., which operates the Kumon Math & Reading Center of Willow Glen. The lawsuit…
Former Valley Christian High School Employee Faces Federal Charges for Child Exploitation and Pornography
Former Valley Christian High School employee Todd Baldwin is facing federal charges for allegedly soliciting and distributing explicit images of minors. These charges arose from a San Jose Police investigation initiated in August 2023, during which Baldwin was arrested. He confessed to receiving pornographic images from several boys in exchange…
Delphi Academy Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Sexual Abuse and Cover-Up
Lawsuit Claims Inadequate Protection Against Alleged Abuse by Ex-Athletic Director and Coach Delphi Academy, a private school in Los Angeles, is facing a lawsuit filed by the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard on behalf of a former student who allegedly suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Randolph…
Lawsuit Filed Against Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Alleging Failure to Supervise Teacher
Lawsuit alleges that the District failed to supervise a John Glenn teacher after it was alerted to inappropriate red-flag behavior The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard has filed a lawsuit against the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that the…
Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Gridley Unified School District
District failed to protect eighth-grade student from abuse by former teacher Michelle Solis Butte County — October 10, 2024 — A lawsuit was filed late yesterday (Butte County Superior Court) against the Gridley Unified School District on behalf of a former middle school student who was sexually abused by his…
What Parents Need to Know about Educator Sexual Abuse as a New School Year Begins
As students head back to school, the San Jose law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard is reminding parents about the dangers of sexual abuse by educators and urging parents and school officials to be aware of teachers who exhibit predatory “red flag” behavior, which almost always precedes the sexual…
Team USA Olympic Swimmers Compete in Safer Environment
USA Swimming Olympians now compete in a much safer environment thanks to 15 years of increased awareness and efforts to prevent sexual abuse and a commitment to change a culture that valued medals over athlete safety. Fifteen years ago, the arrest of swim coach Andy King for sexually abusing a…
Christopher High School Student Stabbing Under Investigation
The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard is investigating the stabbing of a Christopher High School student in Gilroy. An arrest was made of a Christopher High School student for allegedly stabbing another student in the school’s locker room. Gilroy Police responded to the incident around noon, discovering that…
Jury Returns $9 Million Sexual Assault Verdict Against USTA
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has been ordered by a jury to pay $9 million in damages to tennis player Kylie McKenzie after a court determined that the organization failed to prevent her from being sexually assaulted by her coach. Kylie McKenzie, a 25-year-old American tennis player, initiated her…