Former student files harassment suit 
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: harassment, high school, Massachusetts
A former Stoughton, Mass. High School student has sued the town and school officials, including the former principal, alleging they did nothing to stop the harassment she endured after sending nude photos to a classmate.
$2 million verdict awarded in student’s death
Published: October 27, 2011
Tags: baseball, Florida, high school, sports, wrongful death, youth sports
A Tampa, Fla. jury has awarded a $2 million settlement night to the family of a high school student who died during baseball practice at Alonso High School.
School district to pay $300K over strip searches
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: high school, Iowa, strip search
An Iowa school district has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed over student strip searches.
School district to pay $300,000 to settle strip-search suits
Published: October 3, 2011
Tags: high school, Iowa, strip search
The Atlantic public school district and its insurer will pay $300,000 to settle legal claims made by the families of three teenage girls who were strip-searched at the high school in 2009.
Teen who had affair with teacher to get $9.2 million
Published: September 23, 2011
Tags: child abuse, high school, sexual abuse, sexual assault, Texas
A Dallas jury has awarded $9.2 million to a teen who was asked to leave a religious school after her sexual affair with a male teacher became public.
City and school district settle ADA suit with former student
Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: ADA, California, high school, reasonable accommodation
The city of Lodi, Calif. and the Lodi Unified School District have each come to terms in a settlement agreement with a Tokay High graduate who complained that he was not provided reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act during his 2009 graduation ceremony at the Grape Bowl.
Mom files lawsuit in child suicide
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: failure to prevent, high school, Montana, suicide
The mother of a teenager who killed himself last year during a rash of child suicides on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation has filed a lawsuit against the school district and the state of Montana.
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.
School board approves wrongful death settlement
By:
Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2011
Tags: drowning, high school, Louisiana, pool, wrongful death
Rapides Parish, La. School Board members have unanimously authorized a $250,000 settlement for the family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned last year in the Alexandria Senior High swimming pool.
Parents file suit, say schools discriminate
By:
Associated Press
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, high school, Kentucky
Two parents have filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the Oldham County Schools in Kentucky discriminate against female athletes at North Oldham High School.
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