A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the parents of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself because he was repeatedly bullied can sue the Cincinnati school district.
The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court Appeals said Gabriel Taye's parents had established "reckless behavior" that prevents school officials from receiving governmental immunity for their handling of the case.
FILE: A photo of Gabriel Taye when he was in second grade. (Cornelia Reynolds via AP) Cornelia Reynolds and Benyam Taye, allege that school officials either misrepresented bullying attacks on their son, Gabriel Taye, or failed to inform them.The court ruling says that administrators at Carson Elementary didn't call 911 when Gabriel was knocked out,.