Insurance Carrier Pays More than $3.5M to Settle Sexual Abuse Suits Against School District
Our firm reached an agreement with Springboro School District to settle sexual abuse claims involving one of its former teachers.
The teacher, who was a physical education teacher at an elementary school in the District, was accused of sexually touching first-grade girls. A jury convicted the teacher on 34 counts of gross sexual imposition.
It was alleged that the District had significant knowledge of the teacher’s misconduct. It was known that the teacher kept the gym doors locked during class and that he installed a doorbell on the doors to alert him when any school personnel wanted in. It was also discovered that the District had security footage of the teacher engaging in more than 100 instances of sexualized contact with the young students.
While the District’s insurer has paid more than $3.5M to resolve these claims, the identity of the children, including our client, and settlement amounts are confidential. Charles Boyk noted: “Our firm is committed to protecting the rights of victims. We are committed to holding individuals and entities in positions of trust, accountable for betraying that trust and causing harm. These are very young children, and this outcome is somewhat of a validation of the courage these girls had to come forward.”
