North Carolina Family Sues Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Teacher and District for Sex Abuse
A North Carolina family is suing Jimmie Grubbs, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher and the school district for the sex abuse of their son, who is still a minor.
If you or your child was molested by a teacher, a coach, a priest, a counselor, a therapist, a doctor, or a family member, you may have grounds to file a sex abuse lawsuit against the negligent party.
Sexual abuse can lead to traumatic physical, psychological, and emotional injuries that can take years and lots of therapy to recover from. Depression, social withdrawal, eating disorders, anxiety attacks, sexual problems, and suicide are some of the aftereffects of sexual abuse.
Jimmie Grubbs, a 67-year-old language arts teacher from Huntersville, is serving a 20-year-prison sentence on charges that he molested children from 2002 to 2006. Investigators, however, say they believe that he has been abusing children for decades. According to federal prosecutors, Grubbs took children from North Carolina to South Carolina (Columbia and Myrtle Beach), where he intended to sexually abuse them.
Grubbs was a language arts teacher at Bradley Middle School when he resigned in May 2005.
The Associated Press says that from 2001 to 2006, 123 teachers lost their licenses. 91 of those revocations were due to sexual misconduct. From 2001 to 2005, 2570 educators were investigated on allegations of sexual misconduct. 69% of the cases involved young victims. At least 446 of the sexually abusive teachers molested more than one person.
Unfortunately, the majority of abuse cases involving teachers go unreported because children are too scared to or unable to report that they were abused.
A personal injury lawyer can help you obtain compensation for psychological, physical, and emotional pain and suffering, as well as costs associated with medical expenses, therapy, and any permanent or temporary impairments caused by the abuse.
Teachers are entrusted to ensure that the children who come to them grow as human beings through the education that they receive from them in the classrooms. When that trust is violated and a child is molested or raped by the teacher or becomes sexually involved with the teacher as a result, the teacher can be held civilly liable by the injured party and/or his/her family, as well as criminally liable by the criminal justice system.
Family sues schools, Grubbs, Charlotte.com, November 16, 2007
AP: Sexual Misconduct Plagues U.S. Schools, ABC News.com, October 21, 2007
Related Web Resources:
Sex Abuse by Teachers Said Worse Than Catholic Church, Newsmax.com, April 5, 2004
