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      By clbkbx · Posted

      I get your point. I thought it was up to this amount and assumed it would be lower.
    • johnsch322
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      By johnsch322 · Posted

      Not sure how 141 IRO cases could take 80% of additional insurance money. If only $4 Billion more is recovered how could the average settlement be an average of 27 million. 
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    • clbkbx
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      It seems like it has ended with a muted thud.  SC appeals are over, most people are resigned to getting 10% or less of any award, SOL claimants left behind, Trust doesn’t really communicate anything because there’s nothing to say, SSS issue will work its way through (likely by decreasing to what was originally expected/submitted), IRO unknown but probably will max out 80% of any additional insurance money, a new Scouting entity unencumbered by liabilities associated with decades of covering up sexual abuse, insurance companies slightly less wealthy but still very wealthy… everyone goes home having been put through the ringer of an unjust system.  I wish you all the best. 
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