HARTFORD, Conn. — Records show a 2015 lawsuit accusing Hartford school officials of negligence in the alleged sexual assault of a special education student has been settled for $235,000. The suit says the Hartford Public High School student was raped by another student in an unsupervised school stairwell in 2013. The Hartford Courant reports that the plaintiff’s attorney says the settlement was reached this summer. Hartford Public Schools didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday. ——Information from: Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com

Source: National Post September 03, 2017 20:37 UTC