Boy Scouts Abuse Claimants’ Request for Appeal Rehearing Denied

A federal appeals court rejected a plea to reconsider its ruling affirming approval of the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy reorganization plan and $2.46 billion child sex abuse settlement.

A small group of former scouts will have to petition the US Supreme Court if they wish to keep challenging key features of the nonprofit’s historic Chapter 11 plan that created the largest child sex abuse settlement in US history. The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday rejected the abuse claimants’ request for either a small panel or full court rehearing of its May 13 decision to ...