Category: News Articles
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Op-Ed | The solution to rampant greed is holding corporate leaders accountable
AmNY (Opinion) | By Stephen Jimenez Posted on January 8, 2025 We are living in a time where multi-billion dollar industries are calling all the shots, while Americans are left vulnerable to every whim or decision made by a powerful few. CEOs are holding our government hostage and insurance companies are intentionally denying claims to increase profits. Following the horrific…
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LISTEN: One Leg Up With Dave Catalfamo, Executive Director of CJCC
Alex Garrett’s One Leg Up Network | December 19, 2024 Description Thanks to Dave Catalfamo for joining to discuss his Daily News Op-Ed, ‘NY’s Broken Promise to Victims’, on Alex Garrett’s One Leg Up Network. Link to Dave’s article can be found here: https://www.nydailynews.com/20… LISTEN HERE
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Chubb’s U.S. Open child sex abuse victim racket
Daily News | By STEPHEN JIMENEZ and KATHRYN ROBB PUBLISHED: August 27, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT Yesterday marked the start of the U.S. Open — a two-week-long tennis tournament that draws hundreds of thousands of fans to Queens and is viewed by millions around the globe. The U.S. Open should be a space to celebrate tennis, to support…
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Child victims’ advocates ask Legislature to investigate state agency
Albany Times- Union | By Brendan J. Lyons, Managing EditorJuly 25, 2024 ALBANY — An advocacy coalition is urging state lawmakers to convene a hearing to examine why the Department of Financial Services is allegedly declining to compel insurance companies to cover claims for the systemic sexual abuse of children that was allegedly concealed by the Catholic…
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New York Sexual Abuse Claimants Want Courts to End Case Backlog
Insurance Journal | By Andrew G. Simpson | June 20, 2024 A group representing claimants alleging childhood sexual abuse want New York courts to take steps to alleviate the backlog of lawsuits brought under the state’s Child Victims Act (CVA), including possibly setting up dedicated courts or dockets to handle only CVA cases. A report issued by ChildUSA estimated that…
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Group Presses for Quicker Resolution of Child Victims Act Cases, Claiming Backlog
New York Law Journal | June 14, 2024 at 02:52 PM By Brian LeeLitigation Reporter The Office of Court Administration pushed back, saying court leaders are prioritizing these complicated cases that often involve decades-old allegations. A coalition that involves attorneys who represent survivors of childhood sexual abuse is pressing for quicker resolutions of court cases filed under…
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Advocate Stephen Jiminez reflects on progress in honoring Child Victims Act
Spectrum News New York | BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF NEW YORK CITY JUN. 10, 2024 Watch Story Back in April, a state appeals court ruled that the insurance company Chubb may move forward with its lawsuit against the Archdiocese of New York. Chubb is arguing its policies shouldn’t cover claims of child sexual abuse that may have…
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Commentary: Hold insurance companies accountable for fighting CVA claims
Albany Times-Union | By David CatalfamoMay 24, 2024 New York told insurers to comply with the Child Victims Act. But they are doing nothing to enforce it. It’s been five years since the landmark Child Victims Act was signed into law, a critical measure that granted survivors of child sexual abuse a pathway to justice…
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The church, the insurers & tragedy without end
New York Daily News | By STEPHEN JIMENEZ PUBLISHED: May 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT The tragedies we endure as individuals and as a society, no matter how devastating or reprehensible, usually have a beginning, middle, and end. However, for those who have witnessed the ordeals of New York’s child sex abuse victims — and our…