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Jennifer Goldstein Wins Personal Injury Hall of Fame Award for Largest Known Compensatory Damages Verdict Against Boy Scouts of America
February 6, 2015
We are honored to announce that Jennifer B. Goldstein has won a Personal Injury Hall of Fame award from the Connecticut Law Tribune for her Boy Scouts of America verdict, John Doe v. Fairfield County Council of Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Connecticut Yankee Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America; The Boy Scouts of America Corporation.
The total compensatory damage award in this child sexual abuse case was $7,000,010.00, including $4,000,000.00 for negligence, $3,000,000.00 for negligent infliction of emotional distress and $10.00 for pecuniary losses pursuant to the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act claim. In addition, the jury found that The Boy Scouts of America had been reckless, which will result in the imposition of punitive damages by the trial court after a hearing at a later time.
This is the largest known compensatory damages verdict in history against Boy Scouts of America.
“We are so proud to represent this man, who had the courage to overcome his own fear to bring this claim in a public forum and to testify about the terrible experiences he had,” added Ms. Goldstein. “One of the results of sexual abuse is the corrosive effect of shame and guilt that sex abuse survivors can carry for years, even decades. He brought this lawsuit partly because he knew it was important to confront this part of his own past and partly because he wanted to show others that they can do this too.”
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