2 results for month: 10/2012
Teacher Creates Child Sex Abuse Images of Third Graders
Last month, the Marsh Law Firm received a disturbing email from the parent of a child whose teacher took child sex abuse images of her and her fellow third graders in school during the school day. We immediately contacted attorney Douglas Fierberg who has extensive experience litigating against school districts across the country. A lawsuit against the Hildebran, North Carolina school district was filed earlier today.
FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT FILED BY HILDEBRAN, NORTH CAROLINA NINE YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO WAS SEXUALLY MOLESTED AND VIDEOTAPED BY TEACHER WHO ABUSED DOZENS OF OTHER STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM
Hildebran, North Carolina (October 19, 2012) ...
Fifth Circuit Endorses Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims
Today, in a rare en banc decision, the Fifth Circuit endorsed the Marsh Law Firm's argument that victims of child pornography are entitled to restitution for the full amount of their losses.
In a case which has been winding its way through the courts since 2009, ten of fifteen judges agreed that the Mandatory
Restitution for Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 1994 "imposes no generalized proximate cause requirement before a child pornography victim may recover restitution from a defendant possessing images of her abuse."
The Court further declared that the child pornography restitution statute (18 U.S.C. § 2259):
requires a district court to ...