Suing Independent Referral Agents and Ed Cons

[Anonymous]

Does anybody know of a case where a parent or former student has filed a lawsuit against the educational consultant or independent referral agent who referred them into one of these abusive programs?

[Anonymous]

Even thought parents sign contracts enrolling their kids, agreeing to the terms and conditions, it appears that is not an issue when bringing a lawsuit against a program.  Would the same be true for ed consultants and these independent referral agents who use DISCLAIMERS to protect themselves from being held accountable from an "unhealthy" placement?

[Anonymous]

You know, now that I think about it, it wouldn't surprise me if a "survivor" wouldn't feel entitled to bring a lawsuit against anyone responsible for their abusive treatment, including the person or persons who helped to facilitate their "treatment" (sic) in the first place?  Don't parents realize the teen help industry is rotten to the core?

How would one go about finding a lawyer that understands this stuff?

[Anonymous]

What about programs who pay for placement referrals?  This seems very wrong.

[Antigen]

On 2004-05-01 06:28:00, Anonymous wrote:

"What about programs who pay for placement referrals?  This seems very wrong. "

There's a name for that in the real medical industry. It's called "patient brokerning" and it's criminal.

If All it takes is an infinite number of monkeys with type writers, then how come there's no Shakespeare coming out of AOL?
-- Anonymous

[tommyfromhyde1]

A few years ago I read a news article about
a kid who'd sued one of the WWASP programs and
named as defendants not only his own parent but
also another program parent not his own.
  It seems the other parent had been paid by
the program for refering his mom to WWASP.
  Imagine that. A parent in hock to a program.
With a deal like that all her friends kids start
to look like druggies.
              Peace,
               Tommy

Suppose you were an idiot.  And suppose you were a member of Congress.  But I repeat myself.
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[cherish wisdom]

Many of these program pay referal or finder's fees to individuals and to others.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

--Thomas Jefferson

[Anonymous]

Not talking about in-house referrals (like WWASPS) but private programs who contract with outside independent referral agents to provide them with clients.  Not sure what the going rate is on these kid's heads, somebody else might know.  

 :eek:

[Anonymous]

All it would take is one teen suing their parent and an ed con/independent referral service ... and this dirty business would make national headlines.

Fortunately for all these heartless parents, most post-program kids just want to savor their freedom, not spend valuable time and energy dwelling on the past.

It's a shame really, because I really do believe this kind of lawsuit would get the attention of the mainstream media and raise awareness about the real issue (parent v. teen rights).








Pity.