School Settles With Gay Man for Abuse
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A gay man who was beaten and tormented in school for years in Eau Claire, Wis., won a $900,000 out-of-court settlement, ending the first federal trial of a school district for not protecting a gay student from harassment. Jamie Nabozny had been regularly spat on and beaten up, subjected to a mock rape and kicked in the belly, court testimony showed.
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