"Winning a big verdict is more unusual, especially for adult survivors. There’s still blame placed on the victim,” Michelle Simpson Tuegel of the Simpson Tuegel Law Firm said. “But suffering is suffering. Sexual trauma stays with the survivor for a lifetime.”
December 06, 2021 at 04:01 PM
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The $44 million verdict against Hilton set a new standard for sexual abuse claims, according to a lawyer on the winning team.
“We see a lot of sexual assault cases. My practice is dedicated to this type of work,” said Michelle Simpson Tuegel of the Simpson Tuegel Law Firm in Dallas. She said she believes lawyers have undervalued such cases until now.
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