2010 Boy Scout Trial
Jury verdict hits Boy Scouts with $18.5 million in punitive damages
(CNN) -- An Oregon jury on Friday found the Boy Scouts of America liable for the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy more than 25 years ago, returning a verdict of $18.5 million in punitive damages.
Boy Scouts ordered to pay $18.5M in sex abuse case
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Jury awards $18.5 million in damages against Boy Scouts of America
by Bill Hethcock
Oregon Jury Awards Former Boy Scout $1.4 Million in Sex Abuse Trial
(NewsCore) - An Oregon jury awarded $1.4 million in non-economic damages Tuesday to a man who said his Boy Scouts of America assistant Scoutmaster sexually abused him in 1983 and 1984, The Oregonian reported.
Kerry Lewis, now 38, claimed he turned to drugs and has had life-long problems as a result of the abuse.
Oregon Man Awarded $1.4M in Boy Scouts Sex Case
A jury delivered an embarrassing rebuke to the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday when it found that the organization failed to protect a man who was molested by an assistant Scoutmaster in the early 1980s.
Jurors awarded $1.4 million to the former Portland man and decided that the Irving, Texas-based organization was liable for up to $25 million in punitive damages that will be decided in a separate phase of the trial.
Scouts Will Appeal Verdict In Abuse Trial
A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $1 million to a man who was molested by a Boy Scout master in the 1980s.
The jury found the Boy Scouts of America negligent in failing to remove the man from scouting after he confessed to molesting children.
Portland jury awards $18.5 million in punitive damages in Boy Scout sexual abuse case
U.S. Boy Scouts 18.5 million punitive damages sex abuse, 'Perversion Files' to 1965
Boy Scouts lose U.S. sex-abuse lawsuit
A jury in Oregon has found the Boy Scouts of America negligent and awarded $1.4 million US to a former Portland man who was abused by an assistant scoutmaster in the early 1980s, following a three-week trial in which secret Scout "perversion files" were used as evidence.
Boy Scouts sex trial shifts to punitive damages
PORTLAND, Ore. – PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A $1.4 million jury award to an Oregon man who filed a sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts has become an unwelcome reminder that an American institution based on trustworthiness has to account for past problems.