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Posted by: Cinderella

Conn. Student Sues After Being Awakened





DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - Danbury officials have been notified they are being sued by a student who was awakened in class by a teacher who made a loud noise. Documents filed with the Town Clerk, a prelude to a lawsuit, claim that a sleeping student suffered hearing damage when his teacher woke him up by slamming her hand down on the boy's desk in December.
Attorney Alan Barry says 15-year-old Vinicios Robacher suffered pain and "very severe injuries to his left eardrum" when teacher Melissa Nadeau abruptly slammed the palm of her hand on his desk on Dec. 4. A city official says the matter has been referred to Danbury's insurance carrier.


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080314/D8VCTR203.html

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Posted by: Barbrady

Danbury faces lawsuit for waking sleeping student

Teenage boy claims hearing damage when teacher slammed hand on desk
By John Pirro STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 03/13/2008 07:29:39 AM EDT


DANBURY -- Take one early morning high school math class.
Add a drowsy student who may have been up late the night before.
Multiply it by the sound of the teacher's hand slamming down on the sleeping scholar's desk.
What do you get? A lawsuit -- or at least the possibility of one.
That's the product of an incident at Danbury High School in December, according to documents on file in the Town Clerk's office at City Hall.
Attorney Alan Barry has notified Danbury school officials he intends to sue them for injuries sustained by his client, 15-year-old Vinicios Robacher, that were allegedly caused by the teacher who woke him up.
Robacher suffered pain and "very severe injuries to his left eardrum" when teacher Melissa Nadeau abruptly slammed the palm of her hand on his desk on Dec. 4, Barry said.
The injuries, and Robacher's resulting hearing loss, may be permanent, he said.
"Many of us have fallen asleep in class and had the teacher wake us up. But what happened here was more in the nature of an assault and battery," he said. "My client is an extraordinarily bright young man. He's a computer wizard who works late into the night, and that's probably why he fell asleep."
The papers at City Hall are only a preliminary notice, a state requirement that must be met before an actual lawsuit can be filed.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

He's a dipshit that needs his head slaamed into a wall!

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Posted by: mtc

I'd be embarrassed to file that suit! What a grub the lawyer must be... unless it's one of the parent's.

My son was kicked out of class for farting - should I sue?

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

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Originally Posted by mtc I'd be embarrassed to file that suit! What a grub the lawyer must be... unless it's one of the parent's. My son was kicked out of class for farting - should I sue?

OUTSTANDING

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