Abuse Cases Attorney in Torrance, California

What’s the ultimate goal for you in child abuse cases?

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the ultimate goal in bringing these
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cases is to really affect systemic
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change to change the way that social
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workers approach child abuse
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investigations to change the way that
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counties approach their obligation to
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protect vulnerable children
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and ultimately you know a lot of my
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teenage clients when i come to them and
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announce
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that
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i’m their lawyer and there’s going to be
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a lawsuit on their behalf
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there’s a question of
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okay but i don’t really understand how
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getting money at the end of the day is
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going to fix the abuse that i’ve
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suffered or how it’s going to help me
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and
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that’s a valid point if you’ve been
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sexually abused for years
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money doesn’t make up for that but what
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i always explain to them is
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it does not
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justify what happened to you it’s not
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going to make what happened to you
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better but it can prevent it from
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happening to another child
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and the ultimate goal is to make it more
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expensive for these counties to do
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things wrong than to do it right
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you know if their
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defense is we don’t have enough social
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workers we don’t have enough time
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um
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then you need to hire more social
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workers
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and
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if you don’t if you keep you know
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cutting costs in that way
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uh it’s it’s going to be more expensive
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for you to do it wrong by way of these
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lawsuits
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so the goal is for them to understand
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that if they don’t put the children
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first there’s going to be consequences

Los Angeles, CA personal injury lawyer Carly Sanchez talks about the ultimate goal in child abuse cases as a whole. She explains that the main objective of pursuing these cases is to effect lasting change in the system. This involves altering the way social workers approach child abuse investigations and the way counties fulfill their obligation to protect vulnerable children. Ultimately, when I inform my teenage clients that I will be representing them in a lawsuit, they sometimes wonder how receiving monetary compensation can help heal the abuse they have suffered. It’s a valid concern, especially if they have been sexually abused for a long time. However, I always explain that while money can’t erase what has happened to them, it can help prevent such abuse from happening to another child. The ultimate goal is to make it less expensive for counties to do things right than to do things wrong. If their defense is that they don’t have enough social workers or enough time, then they need to hire more social workers. If they continue to cut costs in this area, lawsuits will become more costly than investing in child welfare. In conclusion, it’s important for counties to prioritize the welfare of children, or else there will be consequences.

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