A couple who sued Des Moines Public Schools for failing to prevent their son’s bullying have settled their case for $30,000.
Raven Lee and Robert Gullion filed their lawsuit in September, saying their son, then a student at Phillips Elementary, was repeatedly bullied by a classmate, culminating in his being shoved against playground equipment in October 2021 hard enough to suffer a collapsed lung and other serious internal injuries. Teachers at the school allegedly failed to take steps to prevent the ongoing bullying, and downplayed the severity of their son’s injuries.
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