Eagle pin and merit badge sash on Boy Scouts of America uniform. (Photo: Amy Kerkemeyer/Shutterstock)

Insurance carriers potentially facing staggering losses as a result of the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy are claiming in court documents that groups of plaintiffs lawyers from across the country have filed thousands of unvetted — and in some cases potentially fraudulent — civil claims against the organization, in part as a way to wield greater bargaining power during the proceedings.

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Max Mitchell

Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].