BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Scouting America and Erie Shores Council were named in a lawsuit after a 5-year-old was seriously injured in an alleged assault that took place at a Bowling Green Cub Scout meeting last year.
According to a press release from Boyk Law, which filed the suit in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on Feb. 27, the child was attending a Cub Scout meeting with Pack 422 on Dec. 4, 2025 when the supervising pack leader “stepped outside during the meeting to vape.” The lawsuit claims an older scout then punched the child in the head, kicked him in the stomach and stomped on his leg. This resulted in a serious thighbone fracture requiring emergency surgery with possible long-term effects, the suit said.
The civil lawsuit named Scouting America, Erie Shores Council, and one of the supervisors, as well as the juvenile accused of assaulting the victim and their parents as plaintiffs. In the complaint, attorneys said the accused assailant is older and more physically developed than the 5-year-old victim. Additionally, the juvenile accused in the assault allegedly has a history of attacking the victim…