Representative Cases: Sexual Abuse Cases

Sexual Abuse


  • Sexual abuse of a child (Altoona, Blair County)
    Boy sexually abused by his parish priest. Jury verdict, setting a record as the highest verdict in the County's history.

  • Sexual abuse victims (Altoona, Johnstown, State College, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Cambria County and Centre County)
    Twenty-one individuals who were abused as children by their parish priests filed claims against their diocese, alleging Diocese leaders transferred into their churches priests known to them be child molesters. Claims settled as a group through arbitration.

  • Sexual abuse by teacher (Hollidaysburg, Blair County)
    Two boys sexually abused by high school teacher off the school premises. Case settled.

  • Sexual abuse by security guard (Birmingham, Huntingdon County/Federal Court)
    Recovery for a teenage female student at a private school who was sexually abused by a security guard employed by a private company to work at the school.

In addition to cases involving sexual abuse, we have handled many other types of cases including car accidentsmototrcycle wreckstruck collisionsanimal bitesworkers compensationslip and fall accidents, wrongful death and many more.

Please visit our client testimonials page for more information on the types of cases we handle and how we handle them.

Contact our Altoona personal injury law office to talk to a Pennsylvania sexual abuse attorney. Personal injury cases are always handled on a contingency fee basis. This means you will not be charged attorneys' fees unless we have recovered money damages for you.  We offer home and hospital visits if you are not able to come to our Blair County office.


At the Altoona law office of Serbin Kovacs & Nypaver L.L.P., we're fighting for the people of South Central Pennsylvania who have suffered physical and financial injury. We represent people in Blair County, Cambria County, Bedford County, Huntingdon County, Fulton County, Mifflin County, Clearfield County, Centre County, Indiana County, Somerset County, Fayette County, Washington County, Westmoreland County, and the communities of Altoona, Johnstown, Hollidaysburg, Bedford, Breezewood, Bedford, Huntingdon, McConnellsburg, Clearfield, State College, Indiana, Somerset, Uniontown, Washington, and Greensburg.

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