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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Randall Chase

Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claim against the Boy Scouts of America.

The ruling docketed Tuesday rejects arguments by non-settling insurance companies and attorneys representing dissenting abuse survivors that the reorganization plan was not proposed in good faith and improperly strips the insurers and survivors of their rights.

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