Boy Scouts Abuse Case Confirms 'Confidential Files'

January 28, 2015

Dozens of civil lawsuits are pending

against the Boy Scouts of America

across the country, many of them alleging

sexual abuse by scout leaders decades

ago. Few such cases have gone to

trial before a jury.

But now a Connecticut case has resulted

in a $7 million verdict against the Boy

Scouts. It’s believed to be the largest compensatory

damages verdict against the organization

and the first Boy Scout case to go to

a jury verdict in the Northeast.

However, attorneys hesitated to predict

how the Waterbury Superior