Oregon jury finds Boy Scouts negligent in sex case

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

Jurors on Tuesday found the Boy Scouts of America negligent and awarded $1.4 million 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.

The jury also decided the Irving, Texas-based Scouts organization was liable for punitive damages that will be decided in a separate phase of the trial. That would be in addition to the $1.4 million.

The Scouts denied allegations of negligence and said the files actually helped them keep child molesters out of their ranks.

... All lawyers in the case declined comment pending the second phase of the trial to determine whether to award $25 million in punitive damages.

Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011593878_apusboyscoutsabuse.html

[Vidar]

1. Kudos to the jury.

[saigon68]

2. Same shit Different Day