Litigation
Jan. 15, 2000
Stolen Rifle Doesn't Trigger Scouts' Liability
RIVERSIDE - In an unusual wrongful-death suit, a judge has ruled that the Boy Scouts of America cannot be held liable for the shooting of a 10-year-old boy slain with a rifle stolen from a Scout camp. The mother of Anthony Tourdot, who was killed by a schoolmate in February 1998, sued the Boy Scouts for failing to properly secure weapons used for target practice at their camp near Idyllwild. A dozen .22-caliber rifles and ammunition were stolen from Camp Emerson a few days before the shooting.
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