Lambda Legal: “California Court of Appeals Upholds $300,000 Award to Bullied Pair of Gay and Lesbian High School Students”
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “In a 3-0 decision, the California Court of Appeal (Fourth District) today upheld a jury decision that found that Poway Unified School District officials took minimal or no action at all when two Poway High School students were subjected to relentless harassment because they are gay and lesbian. The ruling upheld an award of $300,000 to Megan Donovan and Joey Ramelli under the state education code.”
The opinion: Donovan v. Poway Unified School District, No. D047199 (Cal. App. Oct. 9, 2008)