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Personal Injury & Torts

Jun. 20, 2014

School district to shell out record $14 million settlement in sexual abuse suit

Los Angeles law firm Taylor & Ring reached the deal this week with the Moraga School District, which agreed to pay $7 million each to two plaintiffs alleging repeated molestation by a former science teacher.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Los Angeles law firm secured a record $14 million settlement this week in a suit against a Northern California school district over sexual abuse claims dating back to the 1990s.


On Monday, the Moraga School District and retired administrators agreed to pay $7 million each to the case's two plaintiffs, who allege they were sexually abused more than 50 times by their Joaquin Moraga Intermediate ...

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