PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department has received dismissal of certain federal civil rights and state-law claims lodged against it.
PHILADELPHIA – In a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy, the plaintiffs have rejected calls from Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department for Eleventh Amendment-based immunity to be granted to it.
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia’s Juvenile Probation Department contends that Eleventh Amendment immunity should protect it from a class action, sexual abuse lawsuit brought by seven former residents of The Summit Academy.