Boy Scouts Abuse Claimant Firms Lose $21 Million Fee Request (2)

Personal injury firms representing sex abuse claimants in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy lost their bid to have some $21 million in legal fees paid by the bankrupt estate.

The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice didn’t meet the legal standard of showing a “substantial contribution” in the Boy Scouts’ multi-year Chapter 11 case to avoid paying its fees and expenses out of pocket, Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled Tuesday.

The coalition may have provided a benefit over the course of the case, which led to a record $2.4 ...