Los Angeles County has approved a $4 billion settlement for nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities and foster homes throughout the area – the largest of its kind in U.S history.
The county board of supervisors voted Tuesday to settle lawsuits by thousands of people who said they were sexually abused while in foster care and juvenile detention facilities , the Associated Press reports. Some cases date as far back as 1959.
The settlement stems from a 2021 lawsuit against the county. The lawsuit followed a 2020 state law that waived the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse cases, allowing people to come forward within a three-year window…