School district and its employee breached duties to students and their parents, complaint alleges
The California Court of Appeal denied an attempt by former students to revive claims that they filed against the district of their elementary school over a decade ago that alleged sexual abuse on the part of a school counselor.
Between June and August 2002, the three plaintiffs in the case of Doe et al. v. Marysville Joint Unified School District filed claims under California’s Government Claims Act. They then filed a lawsuit against the Marysville Joint Unified School District and one of its employees.
The plaintiffs alleged that their school counselor sexually abused them between 1998 and 2002. At that time, they were students at one of the district’s elementary schools. They claimed that the school district and its employee breached their duties to the plaintiffs and their parents.
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The trial court ruled in the school district’s favor. It said that the plaintiffs failed to timely file their government claims, as required by the Government Claims Act, before filing their lawsuit. The plaintiffs appealed.
The California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment. The plaintiffs filed a petition for review. The Supreme Court denied the petition.
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