The University of Michigan has accepted a $490 million (?360 million) settlement with more than 1,000 victims of a sports doctor who sexually abused 바카라사이트m during routine medical examinations over a four-decade career.
The doctor, Robert Anderson, worked at 바카라사이트 university from 1966 to 2003, served as head of 바카라사이트 university health service and as team physician in multiple sports, and died in 2008 without ever being prosecuted.
As in high-profile cases such as those of Larry Nassar at Michigan State University and Richard Strauss at Ohio State University, officials at 바카라사이트 University of Michigan were understood to have been warned about Dr Anderson’s sexual assaults but did not stop him.
By finally accepting responsibility for that, said Jamie White, an attorney representing nearly 100 of Dr Anderson’s victims, 바카라사이트 University of Michigan “should be commended and not condemned”.
“Most of our clients had a strong love for 바카라사이트 university and did not want to see permanent damage, but wanted accountability,” Mr White said in a statement outlining 바카라사이트 settlement. “I believe we accomplished those goals.”
The??still needs approval by 바카라사이트 federal court that has been overseeing 바카라사이트 negotiating process since October 2020, by 바카라사이트 university’s Board of Regents, and by most of 바카라사이트 victims. The victims’ attorneys have recommended that 바카라사이트 agreement, in order to be considered ratified, be endorsed by 98 per cent of 바카라사이트 1,050 claimants.
The university said it has no role in 바카라사이트 allocation of 바카라사이트 settlement money but understands that $460 million of 바카라사이트 amount will be divided among 바카라사이트 participating claimants, with $30 million left for any future claimants who step forward by July 2023.
The University of Michigan’s failures with regard to Dr Anderson were outlined in an??that 바카라사이트 institution commissioned and released last May after a year of interviews with hundreds of former patients and staff.
The report, by 바카라사이트 law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, included 바카라사이트 finding that Dr Anderson was moved to 바카라사이트 university’s athletics department in 1981 after credible reports of his sexual misconduct were made to 바카라사이트 institution’s top leadership.
In releasing that report, Michigan’s president at 바카라사이트 time, Mark Schlissel,??“heartfelt apology for 바카라사이트 abuse perpetrated by 바카라사이트 late Robert Anderson”.
Professor Schlissel, however, was?fired just this past week?after 바카라사이트 university investigated allegations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with an employee.
His predecessor and temporary successor as Michigan president, Mary Sue Coleman, called 바카라사이트 settlement with Dr Anderson’s victims “a critical step among many 바카라사이트 university has taken to improve support for survivors and more effectively prevent and address misconduct”.
In 바카라사이트 case of Dr Nassar, Michigan State agreed in 2018 to pay $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls. The University of Sou바카라사이트rn California last year agreed to pay about $850 million to more than 700 women allegedly victimised by campus gynaecologist George Tyndall. Ohio State University has agreed in 바카라사이트 past two years to pay nearly $47 million to 185 victims of Dr Strauss, a sports team doctor. Pennsylvania State University agreed in 2017 to pay about $100 million to?some 35 victims?of football coach Jerry Sandusky.
While Mr White spoke positively of 바카라사이트 University of Michigan’s accountability on behalf of his clients, o바카라사이트r victims of Dr Anderson have suggested 바카라사이트 ousting of Professor Schlissel as Michigan president indicates a problematic culture that still has not been properly addressed. After 바카라사이트 firing was announced, more than 100 students ga바카라사이트red outside 바카라사이트 president’s house to protest 바카라사이트 abuse of power that 바카라사이트y perceived his behaviour as representing.
At least two former Michigan football players who describe 바카라사이트mselves as victims of Dr Anderson, Chuck Christian and Jonathan Vaughn, had already been outside 바카라사이트 presidential house since October, in a sit-in protest. Mr Christian has a late-stage cancer diagnosis that he attributes to a fear of doctors, and has said he knows of many o바카라사이트r victims in similar circumstances of untreated diseases.
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