22 More Lawsuits Involving Narconon Added, Total: 84

We have added 22 lawsuits to our collection, some new and some old, bringing the total to 84.

3 recently filed lawsuits against Narconon Freedom Center
All three were filed on August 15, 2014 by Attorney David E. Miller of Saeed & Little LLP in Indianapolis who is new to the Narconon litigation arena but obviously knowledgeable about Narconon. We think he’s been studying some of the other lawsuits.

• Lovett v. Narconon International, ABLE, Narconon Freedom Center,et. al.
• Tyler and Debay v. Narconon International, ABLE, Narconon Freedom Center, et. al.
• Nord-Shafer and Kennedy v. ABLE, Narconon International, Narconon Freedom Center, et. al.

State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
The following two lawsuits allege that state inspections on the tail of 3 deaths revealed licensing violations for which the inspectors recommended closing the Narconon Arrowhead facility, but the report and findings were “buried” because the “Department did not want to get involved in litigation involving the Church of Scientology.” The inspection report is not available to the general public at this time, but Attorney Gary Richardson in Tulsa, who represents the plaintiffs in the 3 wrongful death cases (Gilliam, Murphy, and Holten) has obtained a ruling from the court that the report must be turned over to him. We hope that in the future, a copy will make its way into the court in his cases, and then into our hands.

• DeLong v. State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; et. al.
• Poff v. State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; et. al.

Ryan Hamilton Lawsuits
Ryan Hamilton is cranking them out almost faster than we can add them, but we think we’ve caught up with him — for a day or two, at least. He has a total of 22 at this writing. We’ve added the following:

• Yates and Pugh v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• Winchell v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• Levy v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a/ A Life Worth Saving; ABLE; Narconon International
• O’Connell v. Narconon of Northern California d/b/a Narconon Redwood Cliffs; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• McClure v. v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• Knoflick v. Narconon of Northern California d/b/a Redwood Cliffs; ABLE; Narconon International; et.al.
• Tino v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• Courson v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a A Life Worth Saving; ABLE; Narconon International
• Burchett v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Sunshine Summit Lodge, ABLE, Narconon International, et. al.
• Brown v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Sunshine Summit Fresh Start; ABLE; Narconon International; et. al.
• Keller v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Sunshine Summit Lodge; ABLE; Narconon International; Narconon West US; et. al.
• Koslow v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon West US; Narconon International; et. al.
• Martin v. Narconon Fresh Start d/b/a Rainbow Canyon Retreat; ABLE; Narconon West US; Narconon International; et. al.

Lawsuits by Former Employees
Here are two lawsuits by former employees, one involving discrimination from 2009, and the other involving pay (or lack thereof) from 2012:

• Matthews v. A Forever Recovery
• Russell v. Narconon International, a/k/a Narconon Southern California, Narconon Gulf Coast, Inc., and XYZ Entities 1-10

Western World Insurance Company
Western World Insurance got burned covering Narconon of Oklahoma (Arrowhead) and Narconon of Georgia. We hope they (and other insurers) have learned their lessons about covering Narconon.

• Western World Insurance Company v. Landmeier; Narconon of Oklahoma; Narconon International; Social Betterment Properties International
• Western World Insurance Company v. Narconon of Georgia; Narconon International; et. al.

That’s it for now, but there are still more out there that we don’t have, so if anyone wants to contribute to the lawsuit collection (or any other document collection), please contact us.

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