The group of survivors – 75 people out of >82k who filed claims against the #BoyScouts – argued that #SCOTUS should have reopened the settlement in light of its decision last year in a similar legal dispute in involving #PurduePharma, the maker of the #opioid pain mediciation #OxyContin. In that case, a 5-4 majority rejected a bankruptcy agreement that would have shielded the #Sackler family from future lawsuits even though it made its fortune running the company.
#SCOTUS on Monday declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the #BoyScoutsOfAmerica, rejecting an appeal from a group of #childhood #SexAbuse survivors who said the deal unlawfully blocked them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs.
#law #rape #pedophilia #BSA
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/politics/boy-scouts-supreme-court-settlement
The group of survivors – 75 people out of >82k who filed claims against the #BoyScouts – argued that #SCOTUS should have reopened the settlement in light of its decision last year in a similar legal dispute in involving #PurduePharma, the maker of the #opioid pain mediciation #OxyContin. In that case, a 5-4 majority rejected a bankruptcy agreement that would have shielded the #Sackler family from future lawsuits even though it made its fortune running the company.