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	Oregon Jury Orders Boy Scouts to Pay Man $1.4M The Associated Press April 13, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gpjeTQaNRDPhl23bgYW4RTlWLfmQD9F2B8O80 PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury on Tuesday found the Boy Scouts of America negligent for repeated sexual abuse by an assistant Scoutmaster in the 1980s and awarded the plaintiff $1.4 million. The jury also decided the Scouts organization — based in Texas — was liable for punitive damages that will be decided in a separate phase of the trial. That would be in addition to the $1.4 million. The lawsuit was filed by Kerry Lewis, a former Portland man, who was abused by assistant Scoutmaster Timur Dykes in the early 1980s. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jurors in Oregon have reached a verdict in a $29 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, but the judge has not yet announced what the jury has decided. The judge's office called The Associated Press Tuesday morning to say the case has been decided. The lawsuit was filed by a Portland man who was abused by an assistant Scoutmaster in the early 1980s. The lawsuit claims the Boy Scouts were negligent for failing to take steps to prevent child sex abuse after keeping a secret list of suspected pedophiles for decades. The Scouts claim the list helped them keep child molesters out of their ranks.
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