Jefferson County school failed to protect bullied student whose beating was posted online

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A Kimberly high school student would not have been beaten by her classmates in an attack posted on social media if school administrators took her claims of being bullied seriously, according to a lawsuit filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court.

The mother who filed the lawsuit on behalf of her daughter, a student at Mortimer Jordan High School, was only identified as Jane Doe, while her daughter was referred to as Mary Doe.

The lawsuit accuses Mortimer Jordan High School administrators, including Principal Craig Kanaday and Assistant Principals Hope Key and Tim Reeves, of negligence and recklessness/wantonness for having “failed in their duty to minor plaintiff to protect her from harm and comply with state law” on bullying.

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