In October 2024, several women who previously received treatment for drug dependency at the Crossroads Treatment Center in LaGrange, Georgia, filed civil suits against the facility’s management. The plaintiffs allege that Roderick Branscomb—who was employed as the facility’s program director between 2021 and 2023—took advantage of his position of authority at the Center to repeatedly engage in sexual harassment and abuse. They also allege that facility management failed to maintain sufficient hiring, training, and supervisory practices to prevent this mistreatment.
Mr. Branscomb has been criminally indicted on multiple counts, including sexual battery and improper sexual contact by an employee in the first and second degrees, and civil litigation against him is ongoing. If you or your loved ones were subjected to sexual mistreatment by Mr. Branscomb while he was employed at this facility, the sexual abuse attorneys at Phillips Law Group can help you explore your options for filing Crossroads director Roderick Branscomb sexual abuse lawsuits.
The person directly responsible and primarily at fault for the patient abuse is Roderick Branscomb. No one who was abused by him is at fault for the harm they unjustly sustained. However, it is possible that managers and administrators within the Crossroads Treatment Center hold civil liability for their employee’s actions, even though Mr. Branscomb has not worked there since 2023.
According to plaintiffs pursuing existing claims against Crossroads and Mr. Branscomb, their attempts to report his sexual misconduct to facility management did not result in any official review of his conduct or, in some cases, any response whatsoever. Between this and the fact that Crossroads is responsible for conducting background checks and carefully supervising employees to protect patients from sexual abuse, the facility may be directly liable for its failure to properly respond to the abuse.
A comprehensive lawsuit or settlement demand over institutional sexual mistreatment by someone like Roderick Branscomb at a facility such as the Crossroads Treatment Center can account for economic and non-economic harm. In other words, plaintiffs can demand compensation for objective financial losses they have experienced through being sexually abused and for subjective personal losses that do not have quantitative financial values.
While no two cases are exactly alike, examples of damages that are often considered in claims like this include:
A Phillips Law Group team member can discuss recovery options on a case-specific level during a free, no-obligation consultation.
Even though former Crossroads director Roderick Branscomb has been arrested and indicted for his alleged abuse of his patients, the harm that abuse has caused to those patients persists. Fortunately, they have legal grounds to demand civil restitution from their abuser and from those who enabled him, regardless of the outcome of the criminal proceedings against him.
Phillips Law Group has years of experience helping people like you get the compensation they deserve through cases like yours. Call today to schedule a consultation and discuss your possible Crossroads director Roderick Branscomb sexual abuse lawsuits.
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