July 12, 2021
A California federal judge approved $19 million in stipulated fees Monday for attorneys who secured a landmark $215 million settlement last year for women who said the University of Southern California failed to protect them from sexual abuse by a former campus gynecologist.
April 12, 2021
Attorneys for women who alleged the University of Southern California failed to protect them from sexual abuse by a former gynecologist at the school are asking for $25 million in fees for their work in securing a landmark $215 million settlement reached last year.
February 26, 2020
A putative class of patients and alleged victims of Dr. George Tyndall, a University of Southern California gynecologist accused of sexually abusing potentially thousands of women for decades, got final approval of its $215 million settlement with the university Tuesday.
January 06, 2020
A federal judge in Los Angeles indicated Monday he would give final approval to a $215 million class action settlement brought by former patients of Dr. George Tyndall, a University of Southern California gynecologist accused of sexually abusing potentially thousands of women for decades.
June 13, 2019
The University of Southern California's $215 million deal to resolve proposed class claims alleging an ex-staff gynecologist sexually abused potentially thousands of women for decades has received preliminary approval, after a California federal judge rejected an earlier version for having provisions that were "unfair or inadequate."
May 20, 2019
Current and former students looking to overcome a judge's concerns about a $215 million deal to end a suit accusing an ex-University of Southern California gynecologist of sexually abusing thousands of women have submitted an amended settlement agreement outlining major institutional changes to prevent future abuse.
April 29, 2019
Current and former students bringing claims against a University of Southern California gynecologist who sexually abused thousands of women will get more time to decide whether to take a $215 million class action deal or take their chances at trial after a California federal judge rejected preliminary approval.
April 19, 2019
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected University of Southern California's proposed $215 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing an ex-staff gynecologist of sexually abusing thousands of women, saying it's missing key information and some of its procedures are "unfair or inadequate."
October 25, 2018
The University of Southern California's recently announced $215 million settlement to resolve a proposed federal class action accusing a former staff gynecologist of sexually abusing thousands of women is too low and does little to hold the university accountable for what could be decades of institutional negligence, attorneys for hundreds of the women said.
May 21, 2018
Five women claim in two separate California state and federal suits Monday that a former University of Southern California gynecologist sexually abused them during their appointments with him.