Law denies justice to woman raped repeatedly as a child

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Roy Pompa faces a civil judgment for $114,250,00 for having sexually abused Amanda Brandt 34 times when she was a middle schooler.

The abuse came during sleepovers at Pompa’s house when Amanda was a guest of Pompa’s daughter.

Pompa is serving a life sentence for child rape, and he’s now being represented before the Ohio Supreme Court by a high profile, business litigation firm, Zeiger Tigges & Little, which in and ...

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29
MAR
3

Tort Reform

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You’ve been raped?! Sorry, but Ohio’s tort reform law favors your rapist in court

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Attorney John Fitch has taken on the cases of two women who were raped. One was 15 years old when raped, and the other was 11. The juries awarded $3.5 million and $20 million, respectively, in the two cases for the trauma these women suffered and still suffer.

But state law caps the damages a plaintiff can recover in a personal injury action, and the very ...

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25
OCT
0

Tort Reform, Uncategorized

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