Majority Rejects Abuse Claimants’ Invitation To Throw Out BSA Reorganization Plan

Mealey's ( May 14, 2025, 10:55 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority on May 13 dismissed two sets of abuse claimants’ appeals seeking to reverse a lower federal court’s confirmation order that affirmed the Boy Scouts of America’s third modified fifth amended Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which contemplates the creation of a settlement trust to “assume liability for all Abuse Claims,” and the concurring judge said she sees “not only error, but mischief, in the majority's approach.”...