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Editor's Note

Oct. 1, 2015

Editor's Note

Getting Schooled

Last year writer Matthew Heller was browsing through a Twitter feed and came across a story in the Burbank Leader about a school district's appeal of a $3.2 million attorneys fee award. By then, the underlying lawsuit alleging sexual assault had been going on for about seven years. Intrigued, he began reporting what became this month's cover story ("Think Twice Before Suing This Schoo...

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