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20 Nov 2007, 1:45 pm
Earlier today, Chicago lawyers Hurley McKenna & Mertz filed a lawsuit in Winnebago County, Illinois against the Boy Scouts of America alleging that Charles "Chuck" Bickerstaff, a long-time paid senior district executive with the Rockford-based Blackhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, sexually abused a Boy Scout over a ten-month period in 2006. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 1:45 pm
Earlier today, Chicago lawyers Hurley McKenna & Mertz filed a lawsuit in Winnebago County, Illinois against the Boy Scouts of America alleging that Charles "Chuck" Bickerstaff, a long-time paid senior district executive with the Rockford-based Blackhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, sexually abused a Boy Scout over a ten-month period in 2006. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 4:00 am
The Legal Intelligencer reports that last week, in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia (PA), a 28-year old man filed suit against the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for damages because of sexual abuse plaintiff suffered at the hands of scout leader Vance Hein in 1998- 1999. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 11:45 am
In the three years that followed, I fought with many others to change the national Boy Scout of America policy banning gay Scouts and leaders. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 9:00 am
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/10/2006 EST "After a six-year absence, the Boy Scouts of America are back in the high court again. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 8:57 pm
Message by BSALegal.org on 5/23/2008 EST The Cradle of Liberty Council of Boy Scouts of America today sued the City of Philadelphia to prevent the City from violating the Scouts' constitutional rights. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 10:18 am
The New York Times reports that an Oregon jury has awarded $1.4 million in compensatory damages and $18.5 million in punitive damages (a ratio over 13 to one) against Boy Scouts of America. [read post]
9 Mar 2021, 6:00 am
Last week the Boy Scouts of America filed a document proposing a reorganization plan as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, the Associated Press reported. [read post]
10 Sep 2006, 8:36 am
" PORTLAND - A long, drawn-out fight over the Boy Scouts of America has finally come to an end. ... [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 1:14 pm
Seven lawsuits were filed Monday in Arizona against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for allegedly covering up sexual abuse in church-sponsored Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troops. [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 9:46 am
Recently, the Boy Scouts of America were compelled by court order to release the names of some 1,250 volunteers across the country who had been accused of sexual abuse of Scouts or some other violation that made them unfit to work with children. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 12:01 pm
Parents of a 17-year-old Florida boy, Michael Sclawy-Adelman, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America after he died from heat exhaustion during a hike in the Florida Everglades. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 1:11 pm
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/20/2007 EST The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday, October 18, 2007: The Boy Scouts of America's refusal to bend its rules to permit gay scouts will cost the organization's local chapter $200,000 a year i ... [read post]
15 Sep 2006, 3:02 pm
Message by BSALegal.org on 9/8/2006 EST The Boy Scouts of America issued the following statement today: Boy Scouts of America welcomes today's decision from the Oregon Supreme Court declaring that the Portland Public School District did not discrim ... [read post]
27 May 2008, 1:34 pm
"Boy Scouts sue Phila. to stay in headquarters": The Philadelphia Inquirer provides a news update that begins, "The Boy Scouts of America's Philadelphia chapter has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court to block the city's May 31 deadline for the scouts to open membership to gays and atheists, or vacate their historic 1928 headquarters off Logan Square. [read post]
24 Apr 2010, 11:55 am
[JURIST] An Oregon jury Friday found the Boy Scouts of America [organization website] negligent for failing to take actions that would have prevented further sexual abuse by an assistant scoutmaster during the 1980s and ordered the organization to pay $18.5 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Kerry Lewis. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 7:26 am
Secret List of Abusers According to media reports the Boy Scouts of America have long maintained a list of scout leaders and volunteers who had been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with children. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 4:05 am
The Boy Scouts removed restrictions on gays becoming scout members in 2013. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 10:15 am
” Throughout its history, the Boy Scouts of America has been a magnet for men seeking sexual contact with boys. [read post]
30 Oct 2006, 6:32 pm
Message by BSALegal.org on 10/30/2006 EST Boy Scouts of America issued the following statement today: Irving, TX -- Boy Scouts of America announced today that a federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the parents of an aut ... [read post]
