Criminal
May 26, 2007
Church, Litigants on the Brink
Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz’s recent ruling that four people can seek damages against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is expected to put renewed pressure on insurance carriers to help settle the 400 civil claims that Cardinal Roger Mahony failed to protect children from sexual abuse.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Call it a game of chicken.
That is how some legal observers are describing the fallout from a Los Angeles judge's decision Wednesday to allow four people to seek punitive damages against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in upcoming sex-abuse trials.
Superior Court Judge Haley ...
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