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Old 12-02-2014, 11:01 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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"It is said to be the largest ever settlement against a school district in a sex abuse case. LA Unified School District has agreed to pay $139,750,000 to 81 victims that were allegedly subjected to sexual molestation and lewd acts by convicted Miramonte elementary school teacher, Mark Berndt. A retired judge will decide how the settlement will be allocated to the victims on a case-by-case basis. Legal analysts tell KPCC the district did not want to risk a higher payout had the case gone to a jury trial. Friday's agreement is in addition to a settlement of $30 million to dozens of other accusers last year. "

Link : Breaking down the $140 million payout from LAUSD to Miramonte abuse plaintiffs | AirTalk | 89.3 KPCC

Of course it's a really terrible thing this pervert did..but an average of $1.7million per victim?...

Great payday for the lawyers too.


That's the best they could settle for? How did they let this go on ?
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Old 12-02-2014, 11:43 PM
 
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The "victims" should receive nothing.
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Old 12-02-2014, 11:53 PM
 
Location: West Hollywood, CA
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Cue a post with people being more upset about the money spent than the kids who lives could be altered forever from molestation. Some people never come back from that.
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Old 12-03-2014, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Earth
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How does this happen?

"It is said to be the largest ever settlement against a school district in a sex abuse case. LA Unified School District has agreed to pay $139,750,000 to 81 victims that were allegedly subjected to sexual molestation and lewd acts by convicted Miramonte elementary school teacher, Mark Berndt. A retired judge will decide how the settlement will be allocated to the victims on a case-by-case basis. Legal analysts tell KPCC the district did not want to risk a higher payout had the case gone to a jury trial. Friday's agreement is in addition to a settlement of $30 million to dozens of other accusers last year. "

Link : Breaking down the $140 million payout from LAUSD to Miramonte abuse plaintiffs | AirTalk | 89.3 KPCC

Of course it's a really terrible thing this pervert did..but an average of $1.7million per victim?...

Great payday for the lawyers too.


That's the best they could settle for? How did they let this go on ?
Tenure laws making it very difficult to fire teachers. UTLA protecting its members. And LAUSD's board being puppets of UTLA. The district is essentially a jobs program for union members. Education is incidental, and it shows.
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