Healthcare and Hospital Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

Sexual abuse at a hospital or other health care facility can devastate a patient’s sense of safety. Patients trust doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, technicians, and other healthcare professionals during some of their most vulnerable moments; when they are sick, injured, medicated, sedated, or otherwise dependent on others for care. When that trust is betrayed, the damage can linger long after an appointment, hospital stay, or treatment is completed.

These cases can also leave survivors confused about what happened. Medical care may involve private exams, physical contact, medication, sedation, or moments when a patient cannot easily speak up. An abusive provider may try to make inappropriate conduct seem like normal treatment, causing survivors to question what happened or whether anyone will believe them.

Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, rehab centers, and other health care providers may be legally and financially responsible when they fail to protect those in their care, ignore warning signs, or allow an unsafe provider to remain in contact with patients.

Survivors may have grounds to file a lawsuit against both the individual who committed the abuse and the institution that failed to protect them

Did you experience sexual abuse while receiving medical care? You deserve answers in a safe and confidential consultation, and our trauma-informed lawyers can explain your legal rights, identify who may be responsible, and discuss your legal options. When you feel ready, contact us for a free, confidential legal consultation.

Quick Facts About Hospital and Health Care Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

• Hospitals and Health Care Facilities May Be Liable: A hospital, clinic, nursing home, psychiatric facility, rehab center, or other health care provider may be responsible when negligent hiring, inadequate supervision, ignored complaints, or other failures allowed sexual abuse to occur or continue.
• Criminal Charges Are Not Required to File a Lawsuit: Survivors may be able to pursue a civil sexual abuse lawsuit even if the abuser was never arrested, criminally charged, or convicted.
• Medical Providers Can Abuse Their Positions of Trust: Doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, technicians, and other providers may use private exams, medication, sedation, or a patient’s dependence on medical care to commit or conceal sexual abuse.
• Prior Complaints and Warning Signs Can Be Important Evidence: Earlier patient reports, coworker concerns, disciplinary records, and other warning signs may help show that a facility knew or should have known that a provider posed a risk to patients.
• Public Hospitals and Government Facilities May Have Different Deadlines: Claims involving government-run hospitals, public universities, veterans’ facilities, and other public health care systems may require survivors to follow special notice requirements or shorter filing deadlines.
• Survivors Can Seek Compensation and Accountability: A civil lawsuit may allow survivors to pursue compensation for therapy, medical expenses, emotional distress, lost income, pain and suffering, and other damages while holding the individuals and institutions responsible for the abuse accountable.

What Counts as Sexual Abuse in a Hospital or Health Care Facility?

Sexual abuse in a hospital or health care facility may not seem obvious at the time. It can happen during an exam, treatment, bathing, transport, therapy, or routine care. The abuser may try to make the conduct seem medically necessary. Because patients are often in pain, medicated, undressed, anxious, or unsure of what a procedure should involve, it can take time to recognize that a provider or staff member crossed the line.

In general, sexual abuse may include any unwanted sexual contact, sexual behavior, or sexually exploitative conduct involving a patient. It may also involve medical touching that has no legitimate purpose, is performed without proper consent, or is carried out in a way that violates professional boundaries.

Examples of sexual abuse or misconduct in a health care setting may include:

• Performing an intimate exam without explaining why it is necessary
• Conducting an exam after a patient says no or asks the provider to stop
• Touching a patient’s breasts, genitals, buttocks, or other private areas without a valid medical reason
• Failing to use gloves, proper draping, or appropriate privacy protections
• Refusing or discouraging a chaperone during a sensitive exam
• Making sexual comments about a patient’s body
• Asking sexual questions that are not medically relevant
• Exposing oneself to a patient
• Kissing, fondling, or groping a patient
• Assaulting a patient who is sedated, asleep, unconscious, medicated, restrained, or otherwise unable to consent
• Taking photos or videos of a patient’s body without consent
• Using threats, pressure, medication, authority, or fear to coerce sexual contact
• Allowing another patient, resident, or visitor to sexually abuse a vulnerable patient when staff knew or should have known there was a risk

Are There Legitimate Reasons for Medical Care to Involve Private Areas of the Body?

Yes. Some legitimate medical care involves private areas of the body. For example, OB-GYN exams, urology exams, skin checks, catheter care, bathing assistance, wound care, and certain physical therapy treatments may require sensitive contact.

But legitimate medical care should always have a medical purpose. The provider should explain what they are doing, obtain appropriate consent and respect the patient’s dignity. If a patient withdraws consent, they should immediately stop, unless emergency care requires urgent action.

Why Sexual Abuse in Health Care Settings Is Especially Harmful

Sexual abuse in a health care setting can be especially painful because of where it happens. Patients go to hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities for help. They may be scared, sick, injured, medicated, recovering from surgery, or dependent on staff for basic care. When someone uses that vulnerability to commit abuse, it can leave a survivor feeling shocked, exposed, and deeply betrayed.

Why Survivors May Not Recognize Abuse Right Away

It can take time to fully understand what happened. Medical care often involves private questions, physical exams, changing clothes, and following a provider’s instructions. An abusive provider may use that trust to blur the line between care and misconduct. Afterward, many survivors replay the experience and wonder if they misunderstood, if they should have said something sooner, or if anyone will believe them.

How Sexual Abuse Can Affect Survivors Long After the Incident

The effects don’t always end when the appointment or hospital stay is over. Survivors can experience anxiety, depression, nightmares, panic attacks, shame, anger, or trauma symptoms. Some individuals avoid doctors, delay treatment, skip screenings, or feel unsafe during future exams. For someone who already needed medical care, that fear can cause even more harm.

The betrayal can feel even worse if a facility ignores complaints, dismisses concerns, or allows an unsafe provider to continue treating patients. In those cases, the harm may involve more than one person. It may also involve the hospital, clinic, or facility that failed to take patient safety seriously.

No patient is responsible for sexual abuse in a health care facility. The blame belongs to the abuser and, when the facts support it, to the institution that failed to protect the patients in its care.

Where Sexual Abuse Can Happen in Health Care Facilities

Sexual abuse can occur in virtually any healthcare setting where patients rely on medical professionals or staff for treatment, personal care, or supervision. While hospitals often receive the most attention, abuse has also been reported in clinics, doctors' offices, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, psychiatric facilities, and other healthcare environments.

Hospitals and Emergency Rooms

Hospitals can be hectic and disorienting. Patients may be in pain, medicated, moved from one area to another, or seen by several different providers in a short period of time. Abuse may happen in emergency rooms, inpatient rooms, intensive care units, surgical recovery areas, radiology departments, labor and delivery units, or other hospital areas where patients are vulnerable or alone.

Clinics and Private Medical Offices

Abuse can also occur during routine appointments at clinics, urgent care centers, private practices, and specialty offices. This may include OB-GYN, urology, dermatology, chiropractic, physical therapy, and primary care settings. In some cases, a provider may misuse the privacy of an exam room or try to excuse inappropriate touching as part of the exam.

Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities 

Residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities often depend on staff to bathe, dress, use the toilet, take medication, move around, and supervise daily activities. That dependence can put residents at risk for abuse by employees, contractors, visitors, or other residents. The risk may be even greater when a resident has dementia, limited mobility, communication difficulties, or little contact with family.

Psychiatric Hospitals and Rehab Facilities

Patients in psychiatric hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and substance abuse treatment centers may be isolated, medicated, in crisis, or afraid they will not be believed. Sexual abuse in psychiatric hospital settings may be perpetrated by staff members, counselors, medical providers, or other patients who exploit trust, authority, or vulnerability.

Pediatric, Student Health, and Specialty Care Settings

Children, teens, college students, and patients receiving specialized care can also be at risk. Abuse may happen in pediatric offices, student health clinics, fertility clinics, imaging centers, sports medicine clinics, home health care, and long-term care programs.

Where the abuse happened can be important to the legal claim. A hospital, clinic, nursing home, rehab center, or other health care provider may be responsible if it failed to screen staff, supervise providers, respond to complaints, enforce safety policies, or protect patients from known risks.

Who Can Be Held Liable in a Hospital or Doctor Sexual Abuse Lawsuit?

In a medical setting, a sexual abuse case may not only involve the person who committed the abuse. The abuser can be held personally liable, but the hospital, clinic, nursing home, rehab center, psychiatric facility, staffing agency,cy or health care company can also be liable if its failures helped allow the abuse to happen.

Doctors, Nurses, and Other Medical Providers Who Abuse Patients

A doctor, nurse, aide, therapist, technician, counselor, contractor, volunteer, or other staff member may be responsible for abusing a patient. That person may also face criminal charges, licensing discipline, or job-related consequences. A civil lawsuit is different. It focuses on the survivor’s right to seek compensation and hold the responsible parties accountable.

The Hospital, Clinic, or Health Care Facility

Health care facilities must take reasonable measures to ensure patient safety. A facility could be held liable for ignoring complaints, not investigating red flags, hiring someone with a questionable background, keeping an unsafe provider on staff, or leaving vulnerable patients alone with someone who presented a known danger.

Such cases may involve:

• Negligent hiring
• Poor supervision and oversight
• Inadequate training
• Failure to enforce the chaperone policy
• Failure to report misconduct
• Failure to protect patients from foreseeable harm.

Often, the investigation comes down to what the facility knew, what it should have known, and whether it acted reasonably.

Medical Groups, Staffing Agencies, and Contractors

Many people working inside a medical facility are not direct employees of that facility. A doctor may work for an outside medical group. Nurses, aides, therapists, or technicians may be placed through staffing agencies or hired as contractors. If those companies failed to screen, train, supervise, or remove a dangerous provider, they may share responsibility.

Public Hospitals and Government-Run Facilities

Cases involving public hospitals, county hospitals, state facilities, public universities, veterans’ facilities, or government-run health systems may involve special rules and shorter deadlines. A hospital sexual abuse lawyer can review the abuser’s role, the facility’s response, prior complaints, staffing records, and safety policies to determine who may be legally responsible.

Liability in a health care sexual abuse case depends on the facts, including:

• Who had access to the patient
• What warning signs existed
• How the facility responded
• Whether proper safeguards were followed

An experienced health care facility sexual abuse lawyer can investigate those details and identify every party that may be responsible.

How Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Fail to Prevent Abuse

Sexual abuse in a medical facility often gets described as the actions of one bad employee. Sometimes that’s part of the story, but it rarely answers the bigger question. Hospitals and other medical facilities may fail patients when they ignore complaints about sexual misconduct, brush off boundary violations, or keep a provider around patients despite warning signs. Those warnings might include earlier patient reports, coworker concerns, unusual exam practices, missing chart notes, or repeated requests from patients not to stay alone with a particular staff member.

Facilities can also create risk when they don’t supervise staff closely or enforce basic safety policies. A provider might perform sensitive exams without a chaperone. Staff may leave sedated, disabled, or elderly patients unsupervised. Workers may be alone in remote areas with little supervision. In nursing homes, psychiatric units, and rehab centers, patients may also be harmed when a facility fails to supervise other residents, visitors, or staff who have access to vulnerable individuals.

What happens after a report is important too. Some facilities dismiss complaints as misunderstandings, deal with them quietly, or are more concerned about avoiding bad publicity than about protecting patients. When a facility fails to document a report, notify the right authorities, remove an unsafe provider, or warn future employers, more patients are put at risk. Those failures may matter in a lawsuit because they can demonstrate the facility had a chance to take the abuse seriously and protect others.

Real-World Examples of Sexual Abuse Allegations in Health Care Settings

Recent cases involving hospitals, university clinics, and medical providers have shown how sexual abuse in health care settings can continue when patients are not believed, complaints move slowly, or institutions fail to act quickly.

• Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian: In 2025, Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to a $750 million settlement covering 576 sexual abuse claims involving former OB-GYN Robert Hadden. Hadden had already been convicted in 2023 and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Total civil payouts connected to Hadden’s doctor's sexual abuse exceeded $1 billion.
  
• Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital: In 2025, CBS News reported on a $100 million lawsuit against Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital and Tenet Healthcare. The hospital and staff were accused in the lawsuit of failing to protect a patient who was sexually assaulted by a nurse. The report said the case focused on the hospital’s response to patient safety, staff behavior, and what happened before and after the alleged assault.
  
• Washington OB-GYN misconduct allegations: In 2026, ProPublica reported that the Washington Medical Commission had received complaints from multiple women accusing Dr. Mark Mulholland, an OB-GYN, of sexual misconduct. According to ProPublica, he continued seeing patients for years while complaints were pending. For patients and families, the reporting offered a clear example of how long disciplinary processes can take and why delayed action can leave more people exposed to risk.
  
• Brooklyn College student health clinic: In July 2026, the New York Post reported on a lawsuit accusing a physician assistant at Brooklyn College’s health clinic of sexually harassing female students during medical examinations between 2022 and 2024. The lawsuit alleged that a former student was inappropriately touched and that concerns about seeing a male provider were dismissed. Brooklyn College said it takes all allegations seriously but declined further comment because of the pending litigation. 

Each case has its own facts and legal status. Still, they make one thing clear: health care sexual abuse lawsuits often look beyond the individual provider. They may also examine how the hospital, clinic, university, or health care company handled complaints, supervised staff, enforced safety policies, and protected patients once warning signs appeared.

Warning Signs of Inappropriate Medical Touching or Sexual Misconduct

Medical care sometimes involves sensitive exams, but that doesn’t mean a provider can touch a patient however they want. The touching should have a medical reason, and the provider should explain what they’re doing in a way the patient can understand.

Warning signs may include:

• The provider touched a private area without explaining why.
• The touching didn’t seem connected to your symptoms or reason for the visit.
• The provider ignored your questions, discomfort, or request to stop.
• You weren’t given proper privacy, covering, or time to dress.
• A chaperone wasn’t offered or was discouraged during a sensitive exam.
• The provider made sexual comments or asked sexual questions that didn’t seem medically relevant.
• The provider told you not to tell anyone what happened.
• The touching happened while you were sedated, medicated, asleep, restrained, or unable to consent.
• The provider acted secretive, flirtatious, or unusually personal.
• The medical records don’t match what happened during the appointment or treatment.

You don’t have to know whether the touching was legally improper before asking for help. If something felt wrong, a sexual abuse lawyer can review what happened and explain whether you may have a claim.

What Evidence Can Help Support a Hospital Sexual Abuse Lawsuit?

Evidence in a hospital sexual abuse lawsuit can help establish what happened, identify the people and institutions responsible, and show whether a hospital or health care facility failed to protect patients.

Survivors should not assume they need to have every medical record, message, or piece of physical evidence before speaking with an attorney. Hospitals and other health care institutions may possess important records that can be obtained and investigated as part of a civil lawsuit.

Evidence that may help support a hospital or medical sexual abuse claim includes:

• Medical Records: Patient charts, appointment histories, procedure notes, medication records, and other medical documentation can establish who treated the patient, when the alleged abuse occurred, and whether the official records are consistent with what happened.
• Prior Complaints and Reports: Complaints from other patients, concerns raised by employees, disciplinary records, and previous investigations may help show that a hospital or facility knew or should have known that a provider posed a risk to patients.
• Texts, Emails, and Patient Portal Messages: Communications between the survivor and the provider, hospital, family members, or friends may help document inappropriate conduct, attempts to report the abuse, or when the survivor first disclosed what happened.
• Witness Statements: Nurses, medical staff, other patients, family members, roommates, and others may have witnessed inappropriate behavior, observed changes in the survivor after the abuse, or have information about previous complaints involving the same provider.
• Security Footage and Access Records: Surveillance video, electronic badge records, staffing schedules, room assignments, visitor logs, and other facility records may help establish who had access to the patient and where individuals were at the time of the alleged abuse.
• Police Reports and Criminal Investigation Records: Reports made to law enforcement, witness interviews, investigative records, and evidence collected during a criminal investigation may help support a civil claim. A person does not need to report the abuse to police or obtain a criminal conviction before pursuing a lawsuit.
• Licensing and Disciplinary Records: Complaints, investigations, disciplinary actions, and licensing records involving doctors, nurses, therapists, and other medical professionals may reveal previous allegations or patterns of misconduct.
• Hospital Policies and Internal Records: Chaperone requirements, patient safety policies, incident reports, employee files, internal complaints, investigation records, and other documents may help determine whether the facility followed its own procedures and responded appropriately to warning signs.
• Photographs, Videos, and Physical Evidence: Images of injuries, clothing, biological evidence, preserved communications, and other physical evidence may help document what occurred, particularly when collected shortly after the abuse.
• Therapy and Mental Health Records: Counseling records and other mental health documentation may help establish the emotional and psychological effects of the abuse and the treatment a survivor required afterward.
• Evidence of Financial Losses: Employment records, pay stubs, medical bills, therapy expenses, and other financial documents may help establish lost income and other economic damages caused by the abuse.

Some of the most important evidence in a hospital sexual abuse lawsuit may be controlled by the hospital, health care system, employer, or other institution being investigated. Internal complaints can disappear, surveillance footage may be deleted, employees can leave, and records may become more difficult to obtain as time passes.

An attorney can take steps to preserve evidence, obtain records, investigate prior complaints, identify witnesses, and determine whether the hospital or another institution had opportunities to prevent the abuse.

Even if you do not have complete records or know whether other patients previously complained about the same provider, you can still speak with a hospital sexual abuse lawyer about what happened and whether there may be grounds to investigate a civil claim.

What to Do After Sexual Abuse in a Hospital or Health Care Facility

After sexual abuse in a hospital or health care facility, your safety comes first. You don’t have to take every step immediately, and you’re not to blame if you need time to process what happened.

1. Get to a safe place. Move away from the abuser if you can. Ask for a trusted person, patient advocate, nurse supervisor, family member, or friend.
2. Seek care from another provider. If you were injured, assaulted, drugged, or exposed to infection, consider going to a different hospital, clinic, or sexual assault response center.
3. Write down and save what you can. Note the date, time, location, provider’s name, room number, witnesses, and what happened. Keep records, portal messages, discharge papers, texts, voicemails, photos, and clothing.
4. Request your medical records. Records may show who treated you, what medications you received, and whether the notes match what happened.
5. Speak with an experienced sexual abuse lawyer. A lawyer can explain your rights, help preserve evidence, and determine whether you may have a hospital sexual abuse lawsuit.

Even if you’re unsure whether you want to report the abuse or file a lawsuit, getting legal guidance can help you understand your options. File Abuse Lawsuit offers free, confidential consultations for survivors and families.

How Civil Lawsuits Differ from Criminal Charges and Medical Board Complaints

After sexual abuse in a hospital or health care facility, people often hear about criminal charges, licensing complaints, and lawsuits as if they’re the same thing. They’re not. Each one has a different purpose.

Criminal Case — Handled by the Government

A criminal case is handled by the government. Prosecutors decide whether to bring charges against the abuser. If the case moves forward, it may result in jail time, probation, sex offender registration, or other criminal penalties. The survivor may be asked to participate, but the prosecutor controls the case.

Medical Board — Investigates the Provider and Their Medical License

A medical board complaint deals with the provider’s license. A state licensing board may investigate a doctor, nurse, therapist, physician assistant, or other licensed professional. The board can suspend, restrict, or revoke a license when the evidence supports discipline. That process can help protect other patients, but it usually doesn’t compensate the survivor for what happened.

Civil Lawsuit — Where Survivors Seek Accountability

A civil lawsuit is different because it belongs to the survivor or family. Through a civil case, survivors may seek accountability from the abuser and, in some cases, from the hospital, clinic, nursing home, rehab center, psychiatric facility, staffing agency, or health care company that failed to protect patients. A lawsuit may seek damages for emotional distress, therapy, medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost income, future mental health care, and the long-term effects of trauma. In some cases, punitive damages may also be available.

You don’t always need criminal charges or a medical board finding to bring a civil lawsuit. These processes follow different rules, use different standards, and often move at different speeds. A sexual abuse lawyer can explain which options may apply and how one process could affect another.

What Compensation Is Available in a Hospital Sexual Abuse Lawsuit?

Survivors of sexual abuse in hospitals and other health care facilities may be able to recover compensation for the financial, physical, and emotional harm caused by the abuse.

The amount and types of compensation available depend on the circumstances of the case, the harm suffered, the parties responsible, and the laws of the state where the lawsuit is filed.

Potential damages may include:

• Therapy and Medical Treatment: Compensation may cover counseling, psychiatric care, medications, medical treatment, and other health care expenses related to the abuse.
• Future Mental Health Treatment: Some survivors require years of therapy, medication management, or other ongoing care. A lawsuit may seek compensation for the anticipated cost of future treatment.
• Lost Income and Reduced Earning Capacity: Survivors may recover wages lost while receiving treatment or dealing with the effects of the abuse, as well as compensation when lasting trauma affects their ability to work or earn income in the future.
• Emotional Distress: Sexual abuse can cause anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, shame, fear, sleep problems, and other serious psychological effects.
• Pain and Suffering: Compensation may be available for the physical pain, emotional trauma, and other personal harm caused by the abuse.
• Loss of Enjoyment of Life: Survivors may seek damages when the effects of sexual abuse interfere with relationships, daily activities, hobbies, independence, or their ability to enjoy life as they did before.
• Punitive Damages: In some cases, punitive damages may be available when the conduct of an individual or institution was especially reckless or intentional. These damages are intended to punish serious wrongdoing and discourage similar conduct in the future.

There is no standard settlement amount for a hospital sexual abuse lawsuit. The value of a claim depends on the evidence, the extent of the survivor’s damages, whether an institution can be held responsible, and other case-specific factors.

An attorney can investigate the full impact of the abuse and determine what compensation may be available from the individuals and institutions responsible.

Deadlines for Filing a Hospital Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

Deadlines for filing a hospital sexual abuse lawsuit depend on state law and the facts of the case. These deadlines are called statutes of limitations. Some states give survivors more time for sexual abuse claims, especially when the abuse happened during childhood, while others have shorter filing windows.

The deadline may also change based on who operated the facility. Claims involving public hospitals, county hospitals, state-run facilities, public universities, or government health care systems can have special notice rules that require action much sooner than a typical lawsuit.

Survivors should not assume it’s too late to bring a claim. Some states have discovery rules, child sexual abuse extensions, or special filing windows that may apply. An experienced sexual abuse lawyer can review where the abuse happened, when it occurred, who was involved, and what deadlines may affect your case.

Get Help Understanding Your Legal Options After Health Care Sexual Abuse

Taking the first step after sexual abuse in a hospital or health care facility can feel overwhelming. You may still be processing what happened, unsure whether the conduct was illegal, or worried that the provider or facility will deny it. You don’t need to have everything figured out before asking for help.

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FileAbuseLawsuit.com connects survivors and families with experienced sexual abuse lawyers who understand claims involving hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, rehab centers, doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and other health care providers. A lawyer can listen to what happened, review the setting, identify who may be responsible, and explain whether you may have grounds to file a lawsuit.

We Can Immediately Act to Preserve and Gather Critical Evidence

Our legal team can also help preserve evidence, request medical records, evaluate facility policies, look for prior complaints, and determine important filing deadlines. These details can matter, especially when the hospital or health care company controls much of the information needed to investigate the abuse.

Contact File Abuse Lawsuit today for a free, confidential consultation. There is no obligation to move forward with a claim. But speaking with a lawyer can help you understand your rights and decide what steps may feel right for you.

Frequently Asked Questions About Hospital and Health Care Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

Can I sue a hospital if a doctor, nurse, or staff member abused me?

You may have a claim against the person who abused you and possibly the hospital or facility as well. Hospitals and health care facilities can be held responsible when they ignore complaints, fail to supervise staff, hire someone they shouldn’t have, or don’t take reasonable steps to protect patients.

What if I don’t know whether the touching was medically necessary?

That’s a common concern in these cases. Some medical exams involve sensitive contact, but a provider should have a clear medical reason, explain what they’re doing, and respect your consent. If something felt wrong or confusing, a lawyer can help you sort through what happened.

Do I need criminal charges against the provider before I can file a lawsuit?

No. A civil lawsuit is separate from a criminal case. You may still have legal options even if the provider was never arrested or charged.

How much time do I have to file a sexual abuse lawsuit?

It depends on the state, your age when the abuse happened, the type of facility, and whether the hospital or clinic was private or government-run. Some cases have short-notice deadlines, so it’s worth getting legal guidance as soon as you can.

What compensation can sexual abuse survivors seek?

A lawsuit may seek compensation for therapy, medical expenses, emotional distress, pain and suffering, lost income, future mental health care, and the long-term effects of trauma. In some cases, punitive damages may also apply.

How can File Abuse Lawsuit help?

File Abuse Lawsuit offers free, confidential consultations for survivors and families. You can talk with an experienced sexual abuse lawyer, ask questions, and find out whether you may have a claim.