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Hey everyone! 🌟 So, I need some advice on a situation that happened with my daughter recently. Here’s the scoop:
– My daughter, who has a black belt in shotokan karate, was attacked by another student at her school.
– The other student was mentally challenged and was not supervised at the time of the incident.
– My daughter defended herself by punching the other student after being scratched and bitten.
– The other family is threatening to sue us, even though there is camera footage of the incident.
I would really appreciate any advice or insight on how to handle this situation. Has anyone else been in a similar predicament before? Any tips on how to navigate this tricky issue? Let’s discuss! 💬🤔
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 💡👂
If you’re served a lawsuit then you should get a lawyer.
You need a lawyer.
Both to get the footage and to sue the school. If the other student was supposed to be supervised and wasn’t your child’s injury/attack is on the school. If she was supposed to be supervised and the school allowed the other student to be unsupervised resulting in injury the other parents should also be suing the school rather than your family. This is going to take years of paperwork.
That being said, people are allowed to defend themselves against physical attacks, and if the fight happened the way your child described I have a hard time thinking that a competent lawyer will not be able to handle it.
Try getting someone with education law experience in your province, who will work on spec for a % of the settlement.
A good lawyer will notify the school to preserve the footage. This will allow a true and accurate presentation of the interactions. Much better than a he said, she said situation.