Taylor & Ring Files Lawsuit Against Downey Unified School District and Former Teacher Brandon Hitchcock for Sexual Abuse

Downey, CA – Taylor & Ring, a Los Angeles-based trial law firm, filed a lawsuit against Downey Unified School District and former teacher, Brandon Hitchcock, for sexual abuse of a minor. The complaint alleges that the 16-year-old plaintiff (“Jane Doe”) was sexually assaulted by Mr. Hitchcock while attending Downey High School from 2013-2015. Background Mr.…

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David M. Ring and Natalie Weatherford Coauthor Article Featured in October Issue of the Advocate

In the October 2015 issue of the Advocate, Partner David M. Ring and Attorney Natalie Weatherford coauthored the article, “Seven key evidentiary issues in sexual assault, abuse and harassment cases”. The article discusses the plaintiff’s “consent” and sexual history out of evidence while bringing a defendant’s related criminal matters into evidence. Mr. Ring and Ms.…

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Investigation focuses on clerical sexual abuse, Part 2

One sentence in a recent media article refers to “unfettered access to young people.” That can assuredly be a good thing where, say, an impassioned teacher is searching for new talent to challenge and mold. In instances where clergy members are intent on committing acts of sexual abuse, though, it is obviously a disaster. We…

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Topical look: options for reporting campus sexual assault

How uncomfortable are college students who have been sexually abused on campus — most often by another student — with reporting details of that violence to campus or law enforcement officials, much less mentioning its occurrence at all? Put another way: How comfortable — that is, how confident — might some sexual abusers in a…

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Taylor & Ring Sponsors the National Crime Victim Bar Association National Conference

Taylor & Ring proudly sponsored the National Crime Victim Bar Association’s (NCVBA) National Conference held September 9-11 in Anaheim, CA. The conference was held in conjunction with the National Center for Victims of Crime’s 2015 National Training Institute. The seminar emphasized collaboration among victim service professionals, including best practices, current research, and effective programs and…

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Nursing home realities: demographics and other concerns

At some level, a good many of our readers across Los Angeles County and elsewhere in California likely worry a bit about nursing homes, when they think about them. Perhaps some of them have a loved one in a nursing facility and wonder about staff sufficiency, care delivery, food quality, medication dispensing and related factors.…

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Covering Your Personal Injury Bases – Join Partners at 2015 Annual Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Convention

Join partners John Taylor, Dave Ring and Louanne Masry at the 2015 Annual Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Convention, the nation’s largest trial lawyers’ convention, on September 3-4 in Las Vegas. Ms. Masry will begin the conference with an elder abuse panel examining damages in elder abuse cases. The following day, Mr. Taylor,…

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