University of Michigan Settlement |
The University of Michigan will pay $490M to settle claims from 1,050 people who say they were sexually assaulted by former sports doctor Robert Anderson. Of the total, $460M will go to the individuals, while $30M will be set aside for future claims, the university said yesterday.
Anderson spent 37 years at the university; he retired in 2003 and died in 2008. A firm hired by the university to investigate the sexual abuse allegations previously found university officials were aware of the abuse as early as 1978.
The news of the settlement comes four days after university President Mark Schlissel was fired over an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
The development also follows a string of university settlements over sexual abuse claims, including at Michigan State University ($500M for claims against Larry Nassar), Penn State University ($100M for claims against Jerry Sandusky), and University of Southern California ($852M for claims against George Tyndall). |
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