Families awarded $100,000 each in hazing lawsuit 
Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: bullying, child sex abuse, Tennessee
Two mothers who claimed their sons were sexually bullied have won a lawsuit against the Wayne County, Tenn. schools and have been awarded $100,000 each.
Jury reaches verdict in bullying lawsuit
Published: April 22, 2011
Tags: bullying, California, emotional distress, high school, negligence, retaliation
A California jury has refused to award damages to a former La Jolla Country Day student who claimed she was bullied by classmates and that the school retaliated against her when she complained, but did find the school negligent.
Parent, district settle bullying lawsuit
By:
Associated Press
Published: March 4, 2011
Tags: bullying, elementary school, Wyoming
A Wyoming woman who accused elementary school administrators of failing to protect her daughter from bullying has accepted a $60,000 settlement.
Jury returns $5 million libel verdict against newspaper
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 15, 2011
Tags: bullying, libel, Virginia
A former high school athlete has won a $5 million libel verdict against The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk.
School district sued for failure to stop bullying
By:
Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: bullying, high school, school bullying, sexual orientation discrimination, Washington
A 19-year-old graduate from Aberdeen High School in Washington State is suing the school district there, saying officials did nothing to keep him from being bullied.
Civil suits target school districts for allowing bullying
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: August 10, 2010
Tags: bullying, bullying litigation Title VI, Title IX
Lawsuits targeting school districts for allowing students to be bullied by other students are on the rise.
Bully, victim reach out-of-court settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: bullying, high school, Ohio, sexual assault
A lawsuit against a former Milford, Ohio student accused of assaulting a teammate has been settled out of court one day after a judge dismissed portions of the complaint.
From the publisher: Are criminal charges in bullying cases an idea whose time has come?
By:
Susan Bocamazo
Published: April 28, 2010
Tags: bullying, cyberbullying
In the suburbs west of Boston, where I live, the daily paper is full of news of a student suicide that has come to national attention. Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Prince, allegedly bullied to despair by a gang of other students, hung herself on Jan 14.
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