Columbia University and NYP Hospital Play “Catch & Kill” with Sexual Assault Survivors — this is why NDAs should be ILLEGAL

A New Chapter in Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s 30-Year Cover-Up of Robert Hadden’s Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of OB/GYN Patients Throughout our investigation of Columbia University’s 30-year history of enabling the most prolific serial sexual predator in the history of New York, our office has uncovered many startling facts. Among which is the…

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Jun32018

The Role of Institutions in Enabling Sexual Abuse

I’ve devoted a significant portion of my career to prosecuting civil cases on behalf of survivors who have been sexually assaulted by their doctors. One of the first cases I was asked to handle involved the sexual assault of a pregnant patient by Robert Hadden at Columbia University in New York City. During litigation, a…

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Jun12018

The Role of Untreated Jaundice in Causing Kernicterus

Kernicterus is a devastating, but preventable, form of brain injury that occurs in newborns when medical care providers fail to diagnose and treat jaundice (icterus) at birth. Many parents aren’t even made aware of the official diagnosis until years after the injury occurs. By then, it’s far too late to do anything other than provide…

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Columbia University and NYP Hospital Play “Catch & Kill” with Sexual Assault Survivors — this is why NDAs should be ILLEGAL

The Role of Institutions in Enabling Sexual Abuse

The Role of Untreated Jaundice in Causing Kernicterus