The Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion child abuse settlement and bankruptcy plan was challenged at the US Supreme Court by a small group of abuse survivors opposed to a broad litigation shield for scouting activity sponsors.
The bankruptcy plan, set up to compensate tens of thousands of adults who were abused as youths by scout masters and volunteers, should be reworked to align with recent Supreme Court precedent, a group of 75 claimants based in Guam said in a petition submitted Tuesday and seen by Bloomberg Law.
The plan has resulted in “the wrongful termination of legal claims belonging ...