ieff Cabraser and co-counsel have filed a class action sexual abuse lawsuit in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan against the University of Michigan and its Regents for allowing and enabling a University physician, Dr. Robert E. Anderson, to sexually abuse patients while employed by the University from 1968 until 2003. The lawsuit is brought on behalf of former patients who allege Anderson used his position to repeatedly and regularly sexually assault patients in the guise of providing medical care.
Prior to the filing, Lieff Cabraser investigated reports of sexual misconduct by University of Michigan doctor and athletics program physician Robert E. Anderson occurring over a 35-year period at UofM. The sexual abuse allegations against Anderson are said to be “disturbing and very serious,” according to a press release issued by the University, and include claims of unnecessary and intimate exams by a doctor on UofM’s campus over a period of over three decades.