O’Neill Kellner & Green resolves all 26 pending child sex abuse cases against the Catholic Diocese of Burlington.

O’Neill Kellner & Green for $17.65 million today resolved all 26 of the pending child sex abuse cases against the Catholic Diocese of Burlington. In addition, O’Neill Kellner & Green settled the appeals from the verdicts of $3.6 million from December 2008 and $2.2 million from October 2009. The total amount the Diocese paid, including the $17.65 million, exceeds $20 million.

The firm settled the largest verdict against the Diocese, $8.7 million, in February of this year. Read more...

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