Daily Nexus Interviews Robert Clayton Following the $1.65 Million Settlement in Santa Barbara Balcony Collapse

As published in the Daily Nexus, in April 2013, five UC Santa Barbara students were injured following a balcony collapse. The incident occurred during Deltopia festival weekend when about 20 partygoers were clustered on an Isla Vista fraternity’s balcony when the 100-square-foot deck suddenly collapsed. Five students were sent to the hospital for medical attention,…

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John Taylor and Dave Ring Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017

Partners John Taylor and Dave Ring were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. Taylor has been listed for 25 consecutive years and Ring has been listed for 13 consecutive years for their plaintiffs’ work in personal injury litigation. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers® has become regarded…

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Second-largest bankruptcy settlement of priest sex abuse claims

In the sad realm of child sexual abuse in the United States, is there anything more tragic and disheartening than the sordid tale of persistent abuse inflicted on children by clergy members of the Roman Catholic Church? Pedophilism is of course unlawful and egregious criminal conduct that targets and can forever haunt thereafter victims who…

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UK-cited child sexual abuse problem underscores global dimensions

Recent news coming in from the United Kingdom underscores both a staggering “local” problem relating to child sexual abuse and its trans-border dimensions that embrace the entire globe. The FBI and supporting investigatory task forces across America appreciate well the uphill battle they fight against pornographers and pedophiles focused upon obscene and illegal child imagery…

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PSU rocked with record fine in child sex abuse scandal

Until last week, the largest fine ever issued by the federal government in a so-called Clery Act case was $350,000. That levy was assessed against Eastern Michigan University in 2008 for the failure of officials there to timely warn students of campus-posed dangers following the murder of a student. That exaction was eclipsed in a…

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