Insurance companies' attorneys urge judge to reverse bankruptcy plan for Boy Scouts of America

Attorneys for insurance companies are urging a judge to reverse the bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts. The companies may be liable for child abuse claims against the organization.

"We’re just asking for fairness," Boutros told U.S. District Court Judge Richard Andrews, who began hearing two days of arguments in appeals by certain insurers and sexual abuse claimants.

In September, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan that would allow the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts of America to continue operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.