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TERRY v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC.

Civ. A. No. 76-495.

471 F.Supp. 28 (1978)

Claude TERRY and Connie Terry, Plaintiffs, v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

February 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis T. Draine, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiffs.

R. Davis Howser, Donald V. Richardson, Lawrence B. Orr, Columbia, S. C., for defendant.

ORDER

CHAPMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of defendant, Boy Scouts of America, Inc., for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The basis for defendant's motion is its claim that the Boy Scouts of America is an eleemosynary corporation created for benevolent and charitable purposes and thus is immune from liability under the doctrine of charitable immunity.

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