Which Boy Scout sexual abuse victims will receive settlement money and how much? Court records filed this summer offer the first glimpses of big decisions ahead.<\/p>\n
The sizeof the case alone more than 90,000 claims were filed suggest the complicated path ahead, which will involve determining the value of a claim based on its severity, believability and location.<\/p>\n
There is little precedent to rely on because, although the Scout bankruptcyis one in a chain of modern-day sexual abuses cases, its scope and legal challenges set it apart. The largest Catholic diocese bankruptcy cases involved a few hundred claims.<\/p>\n
A USA TODAY analysis of court filings suggests that most could end up with a fraction of what their counterparts have been allotted in more than a dozen bankruptcy cases involving Catholic dioceses.<\/p>\n
Read how these vexing decisions are made: In Boy Scouts bankruptcy, which sexual abuse victims will get a settlement?<\/p>\n
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