{"title":"Sexual misconduct lawsuits drive major losses on campuses, study reveals","authors":"Halley Sutton","doi":"10.1002/cala.70197","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sexual misconduct claims, settlements, and lawsuits are one of the largest drivers of financial and legal risk in higher education, according to a 2026 analysis from United Educators. Drawing from publicly reported settlements and jury awards of $2.5 million or more in 2025, the report identified 41 large-loss cases totaling $1.2 billion, with colleges and universities responsible for roughly $909 million of those losses.</p>","PeriodicalId":100209,"journal":{"name":"Campus Legal Advisor","volume":"27 2","pages":"4-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Campus Legal Advisor","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cala.70197","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sexual misconduct claims, settlements, and lawsuits are one of the largest drivers of financial and legal risk in higher education, according to a 2026 analysis from United Educators. Drawing from publicly reported settlements and jury awards of $2.5 million or more in 2025, the report identified 41 large-loss cases totaling $1.2 billion, with colleges and universities responsible for roughly $909 million of those losses.
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