Posted On: June 29, 2009, 4:55 pm CDT

Posted By: bob

Six years ago a mentally disabled child was abused another sixth grader. Rather than protect the child and allow him to receive an education, the school district didn't want to be bothered and treated the victim as if he had asked for it and treated his mother poorly. Lawyers became involved and six years later, the school may have to face a trial for their conduct. Normally when a school buys insurance that covers an event, it waives its sovereign immunity. Here where the real issue is prospective failure to protect a disabled child from abuse, the school faces a constitutional issue.