Bloomberg Law
April 19, 2019, 5:59 PM UTCUpdated: April 20, 2019, 12:30 AM UTC

USC’s $215M Sex Abuse Settlement Offer a No-Go (Corrected)

Porter Wells
Porter Wells
Reporter

A proposed $215 million class action settlement that would have resolved sexual abuse accusations against an on-campus gynecologist and the University of Southern California was rejected by a federal judge April 18.

Dr. George Tyndall allegedly abused hundreds of women while working at USC, which was accused of covering up and enabling the misconduct.

The case has similarities to that of Dr. Larry Nassar’s long history of abuse at Michigan State University. Nassar’s accusers said MSU knew about the abuse, and the school agreed in May 2018 to pay $500 million to settle claims brought by more than 330 claimants. ...

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