Fayette school board seeks rehearing in sex-abuse lawsuit

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The Fayette County Board of Education has asked the Kentucky Court of Appeals for a rehearing of its ruling last month upholding Carol Lynne Maner's $3.7 million award against the school district.

Petitions for a rehearing are standard procedure in such appeals cases.

Maner was awarded damages in 2007 by a Fayette Circuit Court jury, which found that Fayette school officials ignored allegations in the 1970s and 1980s that Maner was sexually abused by teachers, a guidance counselor and an assistant principal while she was a student.

The school board appealed the trial court decision, but the Court of Appeals rejected the appeal in May...