Posted on 04/13/2010 12:31:03 PM PDT by JoeProBono
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- 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.
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We need a class action law suit against states that house child molestors in the public schools.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/03/boy_scouts_begin_defense_again.html
That wasn't reported.
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