Late Thursday, July 1, 2021, the Boy Scouts of America and its local councils announced they had reached a historic settlement with survivors of sex abuse allegedly committed by Boy Scouts scoutmasters and other Boy Scouts representatives. The settlement, for $850 million, is one of the largest child sex abuse settlements in United States history. ...
Year: 2022
EWJ Legal Plays Central Role in Historic Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement
Glen Mills Litigation Over Abuse Allegations Is Consolidated Into Mass Tort
With hundreds of men and boys looking to sue the shuttered Glen Mills Schools, a Philadelphia judge has agreed to consolidate the litigation into a mass tort program. On June 15, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold New issued a one-paragraph order granting a motion seeking to consolidate litigation against the school, where boys and ...
Restarting Jury Trials: For Lawyers and Judges, the Closer You Look, the Harder It Gets
As attorneys begin reckoning with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession, one question is on everyone’s mind: When will courts be able to hold jury trials again? In Pennsylvania it’s a question court leaders have begun to grapple with in recent weeks, but it seems to grow more complicated the more closely it is examined....
The Philadelphia Inquirer Publishes Front-Page Article About Jail Suicides, Including Tragic Death of Christopher Gilchrist, Son of EWJ Legal Client
Earlier this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer published a front-page story about the all-time high number of suicides in Pennsylvania prisons. The story discussed the tragic death of Christopher Gilchrist, whose mother is represented by Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. in a lawsuit she recently filed against a number ...
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys Interviewed by National Media Regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s Bankruptcy Filing
Recently, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy, in part because of the lawsuits filed by attorneys from Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., and the Abused in Scouting team on behalf of their clients who allege they were sexually abused by Boy Scouts of America scoutmasters. Abused in Scouting is a group of ch...
5 New Lawsuits Against Glen Mills Schools Detail ‘House of Horrors’
Vicious beatings. Mass sexual assault and rape. Terrifying threats. A pattern of devastating abuse that lasted for decades, leaving hundreds of young men shattered by a school that was meant to be rehabilitating them. Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., is fighting to hold Glen Mills Schools accountable, with five new law...
EWJ Legal Secures a $2,500,000 Jury Verdict for the Family of a Wheelchair-Bound Man Who Died After Falling On His Way Home From an Eye Exam
On July 11, 2015, William Pratt, a 75-year-old wheelchair-bound double amputee, visited the Wills Eye Emergency Department at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. He sought medical attention for the significant pain he was feeling in his right eye. Within 10 minutes of being discharged from his examination during whi...
EWJ Legal Proudly Supports Four Charitable Organizations
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Proudly Supports Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation, and the Legal Clinic for the Disabled At Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. we are not shy about giving back to the people, commu...
New York Post Article Ties Increase in Boy Scouts Membership Fees to Sex Abuse Cases
On January 1, 2020, the Boy Scouts’ registration fee will almost double from $33 to $60 per scout. In a recent article, the New York Post attributed the increase to the sex abuse cases against the Boy Scouts, including former scouts represented by Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. and the Abused in Scouting team. Ab...
An Article Profiles EWJ Legal Client in Story About a State’s New Sex Abuse Law
In an October 20 article extending its statute of limitations for sex abuse cases, the article profiled one of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C.’s clients who is preparing to sue the Boy Scouts of America. Our client alleges that he was sexually abused by his former assistant scoutmaster when he was a teenager. The ...
