The Palm Beach County School Board is set to pay more than $3.5 million to four young women who say they were sexually assaulted more than a decade ago by their third-grade teacher – actions they contend might’ve been avoided if administrators had heeded complaints about the man two years earlier.
It’s a contention the school district has until now disputed.
The district’s attorneys previously have argued among other things that the complaint wasn’t made – despite witness testimony to the contrary, and that a complaint registered with an assistant principal wasn’t sufficient when it came to claiming negligence on the district’s part.
At one point, the district, in court filings, appeared to blame the victims, writing that the “plaintiffs were old enough to appreciate the consequences of their own actions and to be held accountable for them. Through their actions and/or omissions, plaintiffs conducted themselves in a careless and negligent manner, and such negligence was a contributing and/or sole proximate cause of their injuries and damages.”
...
In 2004-05, the four, who were about 9 years old at the time...
...
In 2004-05, the four, who were about 9 years old at the time...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local-education/warning-ignored-schools-may-pay-teacher-sex-assault-case/EF4gKASMupumD9dT4BkIeP/
Sadly, the Pope is now claiming the death penalty is not Christian when it is the case that the perp and his defenders ought be sentenced to death via an electric couch.