BREAKING NEWS: Jury Awards $1.4 Million In Boy Scouts Abuse Case
A Multnomah County jury has found the Boy Scouts of America negligent for allowing an assistant scoutmaster who molested children to continue volunteering in the 1980s.
They awarded the plaintiff $1. 4 million. Amelia Templeton reports.
Kerry Lewis is the plaintiff in the case. He was awarded $1.4 million in damages for the harm he suffered.
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