Article: Suicide of special Ed student may bring individual and school district liability.(Child Protection Law Abstracts)(Scruggs v. Meriden Board of Education)

Scruggs v. Meriden Board of Education

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

No. 3:03CV2224 (PCD), August 26, 2005

Allowing a lawsuit to proceed by denying a motion to dismiss, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut permitted the mother of a special education student who committed suicide to press her claims that a school's failure to deal with the persistent bullying and harassment of her son constituted a violation of constitutional due process equal protection provisions, as well as intentional discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and conspiracy by a tacit agreement to ...

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