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GOLDEN SPREAD COUNCIL, INC. v. AKINS

No. 95-0084.

926 S.W.2d 287 (1996)

GOLDEN SPREAD COUNCIL, INC. # 562 OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, Petitioners v. Veronica AKINS, Individually and as Next Friend of C.C., a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Patrick Stolley, Dallas, Barry D. Peterson, Michael J. Sharpee, Amarillo, for petitioners.

Selden B. Hale, Amarillo, Richard N. Countiss, Houston, John Mann, Pampa, for respondent.

GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HECHT, SPECTOR, OWEN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

This is a suit for damages filed on behalf of a minor who was sexually molested by his scoutmaster. Veronica Akins, the minor's mother, sued the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Golden Spread Council of the Boy Scouts of America (GSC). The trial court granted BSA and GSC's motion for summary judgment. The court of...

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