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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Doctor_Magoo on September 26, 2007, 11:08:01 AM
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Is anyone aware of former patients, students, members or whatever other name they use to call it's clients, successfully suing a program?
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Yeah - you might want to read "Help at Any Cost", by Maia Szalavitz. In it, she details how Phil Elburg won a case against Miller Newton and Kids of New Jersey.
Most of these things get settled quietly out of court, but Phil Elburg went to trial, and won - at least twice.
http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm (http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm) > Lots of info
http://www.factnet.org/ (http://www.factnet.org/) > lots of info
http://factnet.org/?p=163 (http://factnet.org/?p=163) > Narconon
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Thank you. That sounds like a great start! Is anyone aware of cases that exist currently?
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Go to Google and type in
site:fornits.com lawsuit
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, if I was paid a $10,000 settlement I would have no problems with programs. The only thing keeping me mad at them is my own lack of payment. One time somebody asked me why I want blood money and do not pursue criminal charges. I said I needed the money, and I don't see the blood on it anymore.
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I do not believe in any reason to sue a former program, just for money, unless you could get an injunction involved or the ability to completely shut a program down. Not to mention, $10,000 would not even come close to covering the amount families pay for some of this so called "treatment".
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In my experience with a lawsuit, it was a death of a family member, the state refused to prosecute, the family was forced to take civil action.
Once this is in place, you have to be careful about what you say when you try to speak out, mostly your attorney, will tell you not to talk.
When the family attorney found that the program was using the insurance money for their attorney to eat up the money, a settlement was issued.
The family got a settlement, the program got off, and went on their merry little way. The one thing outstanding was the child that died set precidence in the fact of the amount of money for the death. The family used the money to fight for legislation, and to make the public aware, so no other child would have to go through this, over a decade and kids are still being abused and dieing. Problem is every legislative bills have been dumped behind closed doors.
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