Ohio State Could Owe Millions More to Prior Strauss Sex-Abuse Plaintiffs
Ohio State University’s recent $100 million settlement agreement with sex-abuse victims of former sports medicine doctor Richard Strauss may require the school to pay millions of dollars more to parties covered by a settlement OSU reached with a prior class of Strauss survivors in 2020. A special master will now have to determine how to […]
Ohio State University has agreed to settle sex-abuse claims filed against former sports medicine doctor Richard Strauss, with a recent $100 million agreement potentially requiring additional payments to earlier plaintiffs. A special master will now determine how to distribute the latest settlement among 279 parties, averaging approximately $358,000 per claimant.
This amount surpasses the $61 million paid to 317 earlier plaintiffs between 2020 and 2026. The 2020 settlement stipulated that any future settlement would not exceed the earlier class's average recovery of $252,551 per claimant. If Ohio State settles the remaining Strauss-related litigation as a global settlement for more than that amount, it must engage a mediator to determine the additional amount owed to the earlier settlement class, potentially preserving its favored-nations status. The average recovery in 2020 would be around $323,000 today, based on inflation data.
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