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	New Dates for Salesians Cases, but Salesian Victims Get Their Checks with the Rest of LA Plaintiffs By Kay Ebeling City of Angels December 6, 2007 http://cityofangels3.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-dates-for-salesians-cases-but.html April 14 and August 25, 2008 are new jury trial dates for LA civil cases regarding the Salesians religious order, in Judge Emilie Elias' court, Division 310. However, LA plaintiff attorneys, savvy from watching the Salesians' past performance avoiding final justice, negotiated payments for the 17 Salesian related plaintiffs to be part of the total LA settlement. In other words the 17 Salesian victims whose cases go to trial in 2008, did get settlement checks this week with the rest of the LA plaintiffs. "The Archbishop is to pay an average of $1.502 million to each of the 17 plaintiffs with claims against the Salesians," as spelled out in Judge Haley Fromholz' final order regarding the Clergy Cases, November 27th. Attorneys for the Salesians last week tried to hold up all 506 payments to LA plaintiffs, but even the LA Archdiocese wouldn't stoop that low. "The Archbishop states that the $1.502 million amount is fair in light of what plaintiffs have received as jury verdicts in clergy abuse cases." More to come. . .
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