The parents of a teenager killed in a tragic accident last October are suing both the Union-Tribune and Sweetwater Union High School District for invasion of privacy. According to Courthouse News, following the teenager’s death, Jose Brosz, Principal of of Otay Ranch High School, allegedly made a statement to a reporter for the paper that…
Category: Youth & Schools
Lawsuit against Jefferson County Public Schools
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of strip searches in the public schools, two young women filed an action in Jefferson County Court against a local middle school and several of its employees for using “grossly intrusive” methods to discover an alleged cache of marijuana. They were allegedly forced…
MySpace not liable for sexual assaults
MySpace is immune from liability in cases of sexual assaults stemming from people meeting through the site pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 2nd District Court of Appeals in California ruled on June 30. Four teenage girls and their parents had sued MySpace after the girls were sexually assaulted by men…
OH Supreme Court protects abortion records
The Ohio Supreme Court today moved to protect the privacy of minors’ medical records when the minor is not a party in a lawsuit. The case involves a lawsuit against an Ohio Planned Parenthood and attempts by a teenager’s parents to obtain the medical records not only of their own daughter but of all teenagers…