The Darlus Silman Humphreys Memorial Scholarship was established by James F. Humphreys, owner of James F. Humphreys & Associates, L.C. in honor of his late mother, who wished to attend college but was financially unable to obtain a college degree. Now a successful personal injury
By July 29, 2020, there were more than 150,000 reported deaths from Covid-19 in the United States, significantly more Americans than died during World War I. Thousands of additional people were dying every day, with no sign of this horrific loss of life abating. America,
America weakened and dismantled institutions created to respond to pandemics. Covid-19 was not the first global pandemic in modern times. In 1918, the “Spanish flu” swept around the world, killing more than 600,000 people in the United States, which at the time had a population
The highest levels of government minimized the threat and spread misinformation. The Trump administration initially dismissed the pandemic as a hoax, compared it to the seasonal flu, asserted that the problem was under control, blamed rising case numbers on increased testing, and declared that one
A public health crisis was politicized in order to enhance the chances of a sitting President’s re-election. The administration repeatedly pressured state governments to re-open businesses and schools even when experts warned that it was too soon, and even when re-opening was contrary to guidelines
Traditional personal injury litigation usually involved one or two persons suing one or two defendants. For example, someone who was injured in a car wreck might sue the driver of the other car. But what happens when big companies sell defective products that injure hundreds
In recent years, there has been increasing concern over PFAS (Per- and Polyfluorakyl Substances) materials, sometimes known as “Forever Chemicals,” because of their persistence in the environment and living things. These concerns have resulted in a large and growing number of lawsuits against companies which
Seven days after his inauguration, the President signed a controversial “Muslim travel ban” that targeted people seeking to enter the United States from several countries with majority Muslim populations. This ban was modified after a number of court challenges, and Venezuela and North Korea were
At James F. Humphreys & Associates, L.C., we represent people who have been sexually abused and assaulted, and seek to obtain compensation for their injuries. We understand that the criminal justice system often fails to adequately protect vulnerable individuals and deter wrong doers. In part,
Six Catholic Dioceses in California recently established an independent compensation program for victims who were sexually abused as children by Diocesan priests. The California Independent Compensation Program (ICP) applies to claims involving abuse by Diocesan priests in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, along with the
