Judge approves six-figure settlement in case of California special-needs student’s broken arm

A judge Tuesday approved a nearly $140,000 payment by Los Angeles Unified to a 16-year-old boy who alleged he was injured on a North Hollywood middle-school campus by another student who broke the boy’s left arm.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas D. Long gave his nod to a settlement of a lawsuit brought on behalf of the plaintiff, identified only as C.R. The boy will receive almost $70,000 after attorneys’ fees and other costs are deducted from the $139,500 settlement.

The judge ordered that the funds be placed in a blocked account created on the boy’s behalf. Long’s approval of the accord was needed because the plaintiff is a minor.

The teen, a special-needs student and North Hollywood resident, is a former Roy Romer Middle School student. The suit alleges the school administration negligently supervised a second pupil, identified as student A, who is accused of assaulting C.R. and breaking his left arm on campus on April 4, 2019.

Related Articles

Education |


South Bay high school football team victim of costly weekend heist

Education |


South Bay 16-year-olds turn old clothes into new dog toys

Education |


Newsom urges schools statewide to restrict smartphone use

Education |


Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine to open new public high school in Southern California

Education |


Jarvis: ‘Tampon Tim’ Walz is a weird meme behind a real problem

Beginning in the fall of 2018, the plaintiff became the target of disability-based bullying and harassment at Romer Middle School, the suit alleged.

About two weeks before the assault on the plaintiff, an attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Romer Middle School’s assistant principal detailing the prior alleged harassment of the boy, but the school “failed to provide plaintiff with a safe school environment,” according to the suit.

In their court papers, attorneys for the LAUSD stated that the suit’s emotional-distress claims were “defective.”

You May Also Like

More From Author