Boy Scouts’ Abuse Claims Review Prompts DOJ, Insurers’ Pushback

A provision in the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan for how to distribute $2.7 billion to sex abuse victims faced pushback from the U.S. Trustee and several of the nonprofit organization’s insurers.

The Boy Scouts’ most recent proposal allows claimants with the “most severe” claims to seek an independent review of their claims after a settlement trustee places an initial value on them. But a claimant would have pay more than $20,000 in fees for the review, the U.S. Trustee told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The settlement trustee also would have the power to ...