TREMONT & SHELDON LEADS FIGHT IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY LAWSUIT AGAINST DR. GEORGE REARDON OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT
In November of 2007, citizens of Connecticut were shocked when the West Hartford Police Department discovered what is believed to be the single largest collection of child pornography in the world. The police discovered approximately 80,000 slides and photographs in the wall of the former home of Dr. George Reardon, a physician on staff at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. The photographs were deeply disturbing even to the experienced law enforcement officers who found them. Dr. Reardon, who died in 1998, practiced medicine at St. Francis from 1963 to 1993. During his time at St. Francis Hospital, Dr. Reardon served as the Director of the Endocrinology Laboratories. As a result of his position, he had extraordinary access to children. Dr. Reardon would approach the parents of these children and encourage the parents to allow their kids to participate in what Dr. Reardon described to be a “Growth Study” that he was performing. |
 Secret Storage (West Hartford Police Department / November 28, 2007) West Hartford Police were dispatched to a residence on Griswold Drive for a report that the homeowner found a large quantity of child pornography. The resident had been renovating the household basement and found a secret storage area where thousands of slides and video containing images of child pornography had been hidden. |
A number of victims of Dr. Reardon who did step forward to file a claim retained Tremont & Sheldon, P.C. to represent them. Tremont & Sheldon was one of the first firms in Connecticut to represent adults who had been sexually abused when they were children and has a long track record of success in that field.
Attorneys Jason Tremont and Douglas Mahoney quickly filed lawsuits on behalf of our clients in order to aggressively pursue the merits of their claims. Due to the extraordinary number of lawsuits which were filed, all of the cases against St. Francis Hospital were consolidated and assigned to a judge who is sitting in Waterbury, Connecticut. In turn, that judge, along with two of his colleagues at the Superior Court, began a process to attempt to mediate those cases.
Should the mediation fail and not be successful, Tremont & Sheldon will continue to aggressively pursue the lawsuits in Court to see that their clients receive full and complete justice for what happened to them.
Persons who have been sexually abused when they were children have until their 48th birthday to pursue a claim against not only their abuser but also against any other entity which may be responsible for their abuser’s conduct. In the case of Dr. Reardon, it is St. Francis Hospital who is responsible for his conduct.
Please contact Jason Tremont or Douglas Mahoney directly at 203-335-5145 for further information and to discuss your case confidentially.
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