This post is directed to current clients of Hurley McKenna & Mertz P.C. who have BSA abuse claims. On October 26, 2024, HMM’s Evan Smola held a Town Hall Meeting to update our clients regarding the status of the Boy...
Read MoreThis post is directed to current clients of Hurley McKenna & Mertz P.C. who have BSA abuse claims. On September 25, 2024, HMM’s Evan Smola held a Town Hall Meeting to update our clients regarding the status of the Boy...
Read MoreAs you may be aware, more than 82,000 victims of sexual abuse have filed claims against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). But did you know that this abuse has been taking place since the organization’s beginnings? BSA has long...
Read MoreThe Official Tort Claimants Committee (TCC) in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) now urges all BSA Abuse Survivors to vote to ACCEPT the BSA’s Revised Plan. Following weeks of mediation after the voting deadline...
Read MoreChristopher Hurley and Evan Smola of Chicago’s Hurley McKenna & Mertz, working in conjunction with the Tort Claimants’ Committee (“TCC”) in the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy proceeding, has negotiated important modifications to the BSA’s plan of reorganization that will...
Read MoreDetective Michael Johnson, the former Youth Protection Director of the Boy Scouts of America, has come forward to urge Congress to open an investigation and hold which will lead to greater oversight of the Scouts BSA Congressional Charter. In a...
Read MoreAs you may have heard, on September 15, 2021, the Boy Scouts of America filed its Fifth Amended Plan. While we are still reading and reviewing the plan, we wanted to highlight some aspects of it that you may hear...
Read MoreThe Boy Scouts have proposed a reorganization plan that fails to fully and fairly compensate the nearly 84,000 victims of sexual abuse who have filed claims against the BSA. The BSA’s proposed plan would grant to BSA local councils, such...
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