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| Suit: School Turned Blind Eye to Sexual Abuse, Blackmail |  | A federal lawsuit accuses officials at a school in Salisbury, Conneticut of standing by while students were sexually assaulted and blackmailed. The lawsuit contends that the abuse and manipulation of students was by school teachers and officials at Indian Mountain School. The head of the school says he was recently notified about the abuse and the school is conducting an investigation to discover any former students who suffered abuse at the campus. This is the second lawsuit over the last three months which accuses the school of turning a blind eye to "predatory sexual assaults and pedophilia" inflicted on the kindergarten to 9th grade boys.
Daniel Tepfer, The Connecticut Post 01/29/2015    | | Read Article: The Connecticut Post |
| Boy Scouts Settle California Suit Over Abuse | | The Boy Scouts of America settled a sex abuse case Thursday involving a 20-year-old California man who was molested by a Scout volunteer in 2007 â?? a decision that will keep years' worth of "perversion" files detailing sex abuse allegations secret from the public. Past settlements in similar cases in Texas and Minnesota also kept the records secret.
GILLIAN FLACCUS, AP, Yahoo News 01/30/2015 | | Read Article: Yahoo News |
| VA Settles Lawsuit Over Man's Death | | The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the family of a Washington man who died of melanoma in 2012. The lawsuit accused the VA of failing to promptly refer the man to specialized care when the melanoma was first detected. The Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to settle the lawsuit for $900,000, which according to reports, is the largest payout for a wrongful death claim related to a case at VA Puget Sound since 2001.
Adam Ashton, The News Tribune 01/24/2015 | | Read Article: The News Tribune |
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