BREAKING NEWS:
$345M awarded to Darlington School abuse survivors
- Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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- Penn Law Group
5 insurance companies ordered to pay damages in the amount of $345 million.
A Floyd County (GA) judge has awarded $345 million to 20 men who say they were sexually abused as students of the Darlington School in Rome, ordering five insurance companies that provided coverage to the school to foot the bill.
The ruling came Monday in Floyd County Superior Court, seven years after the private school began investigating allegations of historic abuse that occurred between 1974 and 1994. It follows a $6 million settlement that ended the abuse survivors' claims against the school and a subsequent settlement resolving claims against the alleged abuser – former teacher and dorm supervisor Roger Stifflemire.
"It was a huge surprise," Chris Gaba, one of the plaintiffs, said Tuesday about the ruling. "It was a positive surprise. Honestly, I'm still processing it. It does give me a great deal of vindication."
Gaba attended Darlington School from 1978 to 1981. He now lives (...read more)
