The firm's founding partner, Steven Stern, also defended the school district in a 2019 lawsuit filed by a student who claimed she was bullied after being sexually assaulted.
Well, the settlement was apparently confidential so we don’t know whether it involved money and if so how much. But if it did, it was likely paid by the state insurer and not he district directly. But if the terms of the settlement were confidential, it might be exempt from release under the New York FOIL.
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Thank you for the resolution of the 2019 student lawsuit. Many of us simply did not know what had happened.
yes, that's probably because no one in the district wanted you to know.
Was the amount of the 2019 case settlement not mentioned in the budget the following year?
Well, the settlement was apparently confidential so we don’t know whether it involved money and if so how much. But if it did, it was likely paid by the state insurer and not he district directly. But if the terms of the settlement were confidential, it might be exempt from release under the New York FOIL.
Thank you for the update about the extension.
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