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Bankruptcy Judge Denies Survivors’ ‘Hopeless’ Bid to Sue Rockville Diocese Insurers

The judge overseeing the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy has denied a request by the committee representing sexual abuse claimants for permission to sue the church’s insurers, calling the filing a “hopeless” exercise. The committee is protesting that the …

Judge Denies Insurers’ Appeal in Boy Scouts Reorganization Plan

A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America’s nearly $2.5 billion reorganization plan approved last year to allow the organization to settle tens of thousands of sexual …

NC Supreme Court Takes Up Sex Abuse Claim Time Extension

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court will accelerate appeals over the constitutionality of a state law that gave adults with child sexual abuse claims another two years to seek civil damages. A majority of justices agreed this week …

Boy Scouts Submit Reorganization Plan to Bankruptcy Court

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan Monday that envisions continued operations of its local troops and national adventure camps but leaves many unanswered questions about how it will resolve tens of thousands …

Insurers Question Claims Process in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boys Scout of America bankruptcy is weighing a request by insurance companies for permission to serve document requests on 1,400 people who have filed sexual abuse claims and to question scores …

Boy Scouts Aim to Settle 95,000 Abuse Claims Before Cash Crunch

More than 95,000 victims have filed sexual-abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America, and the organization risks running out of cash if it can’t settle the claims and exit bankruptcy by summer 2021, the group said in court Wednesday. …

Insurers Reserve for Potential Child Sex-Abuse Claims Under Extended Time Limit Statutes

Travelers Companies Inc. has set aside a “modest” amount of additional money to cover its possible exposure to child sex-abuse claims, the insurer’s finance chief, Daniel Frey, told analysts during an earnings call on Thursday. Two analysts asked about Travelers’ …

Costs for Abuse Claims Against Ohio State Doctor Near $10 Million Thus Far

The investigation and related lawsuits about alleged sexual abuse decades ago by an Ohio State University team doctor have cost nearly $10 million so far, according to the school. The total was about $9.8 million as of December, school spokesman …

Pennsylvania University Sexual Abuse Trial Underway

Two men who accuse a former high-ranking state university administrator in northeastern Pennsylvania of molesting them when they were students described for a jury this week how they had looked to him as a mentor but instead endured a “nightmare” …

Lessons for Employers and Insurers in the Wake of the Sandusky/Penn State Scandal

The Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State University leaves in its wake an avalanche of repercussions specific to the area of employer and insurance liability. According to national news reports, Penn State recently settled with 26 men who alleged that …