This from the Baltimore Sun:A Howard County [Maryland] teenager who was the victim of sex offenses by a former county teacher has filed a $3 million suit claiming that he suffers "extreme emotional distress" because of the incidents.
The lawsuit lists as defendants the teacher, Kirsten Ann Kinley, who
pleaded guilty in August to having inappropriate sexual contact with the teen; the school board; the principal at Kinley's former school; and the state.
The suit cites "sexual battery and the extreme and outrageous conduct" on the part of Kinley as the cause of the plaintiff's distress. The suit, filed by attorneys Loyd Byron Hopkins and Michael A. Taylor on behalf of the victim, also claims that Kinley willfully exploited a "vulnerable child in therapy for depression at the time of the sexual assault/battery."
The suit claims that the state of Maryland, the Howard County Board of Education, Hammond Middle School and Principal Kerry McGowan breached their duty to prevent employees from harming students.
The suit, which was filed Feb. 29, notes a "pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct between teachers and children" in the Howard County school system....
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