FOUNDATIONS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUITS

Fighting for Survivors Abused at Foundations Behavioral Health

Reports have emerged suggesting that patients treated at Foundations Behavioral Health were subjected to sexual abuse while in treatment.

Foundations Behavioral Health is owned and operated by Universal Health Services (“UHS”), which has faced numerous lawsuits across the country for sexual abuse perpetrated against patients in its facilities.  Levy Konigsberg is fighting for survivors sexually abused at UHS facilities across the country.

Now, Levy Konigsberg is helping former patients treated at Foundations Behavioral Health step forward in the fight for justice. In October 2024, we filed civil lawsuits on behalf of over 60 survivors who were sexually abused at Foundations Behavioral Health and other treatment and detention facilities. If you have a potential case, we want to help.

Levy Konigsberg: Leading the Fight for Foundations Behavioral Health Sexual Abuse Survivors

In October 2024, Levy Konigsberg attorneys filed civil lawsuits on behalf of survivors who were sexually abused at Foundations Behavioral Health.

As detailed in our complaints, juvenile detention and residential treatment facilities across Pennsylvania failed to protect the vulnerable children in their care. The lawsuits, brought on behalf of over 60 men and women who were abused as children at a range of public and private facilities, is the latest in a string of sexual abuse lawsuits spearheaded by Levy Konigsberg in Pennsylvania and across the country. The lawsuits aim to hold the facility operators accountable for their failed oversight and for supervisors’ chronic failures to reign in a systemic problem of sexual abuse, violence, and exploitation among staff.

Our firm currently represents more than 200 survivors who were sexually abused at various Pennsylvania juvenile detention and residential treatment facilities and continues to speak with others who are looking for information about their right to step forward. We’re readily available to discuss whether you have grounds to pursue a claim as well.

Do I Have a Case?

You may have grounds to file a civil legal action if:

• You were sexually abused by a guard, counselor, nurse, or other youth residential treatment or juvenile detention center staff member.
• The abuse occurred at any youth residential treatment or juvenile detention facility.

Levy Konigsberg represents survivors in civil lawsuits that aim to hold youth residential treatment facilities,  juvenile detention centers, private healthcare companies, and other facility operators accountable for their failures to stop abusive staff members and protect young residents.

As civil claims, these cases are separate from any criminal proceedings that may arise from abuse and focus instead on holding institutions liable for damages. This means you may still have a claim even if:

• Your abuser is no longer alive.
• Your abuser was never charged with or convicted of a crime.

Recoverable Damages in Sexual Abuse Claims

In addition to providing accountability and a sense of justice, civil sex abuse lawsuits allow survivors to recover financial compensation for their damages, which may include:

• Past medical and mental health expenses
• Future mental health expenses, including therapy, medications, etc.
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional anguish and psychological harm
• Lost income
• Other economic and non-economic damages

Pennsylvania Sexual Abuse  Attorneys

In Pennsylvania, the current statute of limitations for civil sex abuse claims is the age of adulthood plus 37 years, which means that survivors sexually abused as minors typically have until the age of 55 to file legal action, as long as they were born after November 26, 1989.

As in other states across the country, Pennsylvania’s current statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims has been criticized for barring numerous survivors from seeking justice and compensation for their damages and for failing to recognize accepted research about the considerable difficulties survivors face when processing their abuse and taking steps to come forward. Thanks to new efforts by advocates and lawmakers, however, there are now several pending measures before the Pennsylvania Legislature that seek to expand the rights of child sex abuse survivors.

These groundbreaking measures, which are expected to pass, will create new opportunities for survivors to step forward and obtain long-overdue justice. If passed, these measures would create a temporary two-year window for child sexual abuse survivors to file claims over abuse that occurred at any time in the past.

Levy Konigsberg is actively investigating allegations of sexual abuse at any Pennsylvania juvenile detention and youth residential treatment centers.

We are committed to protecting the most vulnerable members of our society and seeking justice for survivors of sexual abuse in juvenile detention centers and youth residential treatment facilities. Our experienced team is dedicated to providing legal representation and support to survivors, and we are actively investigating allegations of abuse. We are working tirelessly to ensure that survivors have access to justice and that future generations of young people are safe from harm within these institutions.