A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of an 8th grade boy who died after being assaulted by two other students at a middle school four years ago
The settlement with the Moreno Valley Unified School District was announced Wednesday by lawyers for relatives of 13-year-old Diego Stolz, who was was sucker-punched at Landmark Middle School in September 2019.
Dave Ring, an attorney for the Stolz family, said the boy's death would have been preventable if there was an anti-bullying policy in place at the school about 65 miles east of Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the school district didn't immediately respond to an email Wednesday seeking comment on the settlement. The district said previously that it changed its bullying reporting system and its training for employees. Also the school's principal and vice principal were replaced.
The assailants, who were 14 at the time of the attack, entered the equivalent of guilty pleas in juvenile court to involuntary manslaughter and assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury.
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