Los Angeles Superior Court (Settlement in Trial)

Los Angeles Superior Court (Settlement in Trial)
Result: 7 figures to Client (Confidential Sexual Molestation Settlement)

Irvine Trial Attorney Gregory G. Brown represented a minor child client, who was sexually abused as a minor by Sylvester Laudermill, Jr., a pastor of Ward A.M.E Church ("Ward"), a church belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. ("AMEC"). Suit was filed against Ward, AMEC and Bishop John Richard Bryant alleging among other things sexual battery, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence in the hiring, supervision and training of pastors, ministers and other employees. The matter settled with minor player, Ward, for $300,000 a month before trial was set to begin. Once trial began, AMEC and Bishop John Richard Bryant both settled with Plaintiff by paying many multiples of the other settlement, the terms of which are confidential.