In Student v. Private School (Confidential venue), Doris Cheng and Matthew Davis obtained an eight-figure confidential settlement against a private school for a former student who was abused by a faculty member. Our team alleged that school administrators failed to comply with California’s mandatory reporting laws when they knew or should have known of the abuse. The case sought recovery for intentional infliction of emotional distress in addition to physical harm. The defendant school sought to defer blame to the abusive faculty member without success. A mediated resolution came after years of discovery, extensive motion practice, and multiple mediations with two different mediators.
