PENNSYLVANIA/OHIO
The Altoona Mirror
By Phil Ray (pray@altoonamirror.com) , The Altoona Mirror
Michael Hutchison, the young man who received $2.7 million after a landmark civil case in which he charged the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown with covering up child sexual abuse, died this week.
Attorney Richard Serbin, who represented Hutchison in the case, said he was informed Wednesday by Hutchison’s mother, Mary, who brought the civil charges on Michael’s behalf in 1988.
The case was tried in Blair County in 1994, and the jury initially awarded Hutchison more than $1 million.
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