BERNALILLO, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico school district has been ordered to pay a family nearly $2 million after attorneys argued that they didn’t help a student who was being stalked, harassed, and eventually beaten up.
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Cell phone video from October 2023 shows a 15-year-old student on the floor, while another student punches her at Bernalillo High School. The student’s attorney said staff didn’t do anything to intervene, and didn’t try to prevent it from happening. “My client was attacked. Suffered significant injuries, and still has injuries to this day,” said the family’s attorney Paul Melendres.
The parents of that teen sued, arguing Bernalillo Public Schools failed to protect their daughter from stalking, harassment, and bullying that led to their daughter being seriously injured by another student she didn’t even know. “One of the reasons my client or this family brought this lawsuit is because they never want this to happen to another student,” said Melendres…