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Litigation

May 13, 2016

School district ordered to pay $8 million to former student for teacher's sex abuse

A Los Angeles County jury found the Pomona Unified School District 80 percent to blame for a teacher who lured a student into a sexual relationship.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles County jury found the Pomona Unified School District 80 percent to blame for a teacher who lured a student into a sexual relationship, awarding the latter $8 million.

The ruling assigned 20 percent blame to the perpetrator, Steven Andrews, who was 41 when he began grooming his 13-year-old student at Lorbeer Middle School during the 2010-11 school year, eve...

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