Panel Reverses, Remands For Reasonableness Hearing Of $25M Sexual Abuse Settlements

(May 30, 2019, 2:58 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington appeals panel on May 29 held that a lower court erred when it dismissed plaintiffs from a lawsuit arising from the sexual abuse of two minors at an early learning center, reversing and remanding for the lower court to hold a reasonableness hearing regarding 12 separate settlement agreements totaling $25 million (Lisa Steel, et al. v. Olympic Early Learning Center, et al., No. 50981-4-II, Wash. App., Div. 2, 2019 Wash. App. LEXIS 1343)....

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