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The Register-Guard
By Greg Bolt
The Register-Guard
OCT. 20
A judge will decide next month whether time has run out for a $5.25 million sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts filed by a former Scout from Eugene.
At issue is whether the statute of limitations has expired for claims raised by the plaintiff in the case, who is known only by the initials F.D. A Lane County judge heard arguments on the issue last week and set another court date for mid-November.
The case is unusual because it involves allegations of child sexual abuse that took place almost 50 years ago, starting in 1964. Even more unusual is the fact that the alleged abuser, a one-time Scoutmaster named Ed Dyer, was shot dead by one of his teenage victims in 1986.
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