Practice Area
Sexual Assault & Abuse
A civil claim after sexual assault or abuse belongs to the person who was harmed and moves at that person’s pace. The pages in this category explain the civil process itself, including how it differs from a criminal case, what privacy protections exist and where they stop, and the separate questions that follow when the person who caused harm was working for a business, a care provider, or another organization. Nothing here asks anyone to recount what happened before they are ready.
Detailed Practice Areas
- Sexual Assault Civil ClaimsA civil claim after a sexual assault belongs to the person who was harmed, proceeds separately from any criminal case, and is built at the person’s pace from their account, the communications and records that exist, and the responsibility of the people and organizations involved.
- Employer Liability for Employee Sexual AssaultWhen the person who committed a sexual assault was working for a business, a care provider, or another organization, two separate questions follow: whether the act itself is attributed to the organization, which Texas courts have generally not found for an intentional assault, and whether the organization was itself careless in hiring, supervising, retaining, or entrusting that person.