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Hundreds Sue Over Alleged Sexual Abuse at Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers

CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 men and women were sexually abused as children while in custody at juvenile detention centers in Illinois, according to lawsuits filed Monday, the latest in a string of complaints alleging decades of systemic child …

Physical Abuse Must Involve ‘Imbalance or Misuse of Power’ for Exclusion: Court

An act of physical abuse is not excluded by an abuse and molestation exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy unless the act involves “an imbalance or misuse of power in addition to being physically harmful,” the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court …