A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of Jane Doe, a minor and former student at Contra Costa School of Performing Arts, targets Charthouse Public Schools and its former employee, Gerard Flaherty. The complaint alleges serious lapses in the school’s oversight, raising alarms about student safety. Flaherty, once the Climate and Culture Supervisor, allegedly assaulted Jane…
Continue reading ›In May 2024, the Berryessa Union School District agreed to a $10.3 million settlement with former Sierramont Middle School students who alleged sexual abuse by science teacher Ronald Dean Gardner during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The plaintiffs, represented by attorney Lauren Cerri, contended the district had ignored earlier red flags, allowed Gardner to…
Continue reading ›The Twin Rivers Unified School District has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a civil lawsuit stemming from sexual abuse by a former teacher at Del Paso Heights Elementary School. The case was brought by the San Jose-based law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard on behalf of a victim, Jane Doe, who was…
Continue reading ›Two lawsuits have been filed against the Jefferson Union High School District alleging the district’s failure to protect female students from sexual abuse by two teachers at Terra Nova High School, the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard announced. The first lawsuit involves a current student, identified only as Jane Doe. She claims she…
Continue reading ›The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard secured justice for two survivors of sexual abuse that occurred over 50 years ago. The Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD) agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two former students who alleged abuse by Steven Myers, a former teacher and vice principal…
Continue reading ›The San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) has agreed to a $6,999,900 settlement with two former students who alleged sexual abuse by former theater teacher Ryan Weible, as announced by the law firm Cerri, Boskovich & Allard. The settlement resolves a lawsuit claiming the district failed to protect the students from abuse that occurred…
Continue reading ›A new lawsuit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court by the law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard alleges that two former students, identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, were sexually abused as minors by Jason Davis, a former teacher and tutor at the San Francisco Waldorf High School. The suit…
Continue reading ›The law firm of Cerri, Boskovich & Allard has filed a third lawsuit against the Gilroy Unified School District (GUSD), intensifying scrutiny over the district’s handling of student safety and supervision. This latest legal action, announced on May 7, 2025, comes in the wake of a $100,000 settlement reached just a day prior in a…
Continue reading ›The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit involving allegations of sexual abuse by a former teacher and counselor at Lowell High School. The lawsuit, brought by a former student now identified as “John Doe,” claimed that the District failed to properly supervise Harlan Edelman, enabling…
Continue reading ›A lawsuit has been filed against Castilleja School, a private all-girls institution, by three former students alleging sexual abuse. The legal action, brought by the law firms Cerri, Boskovich & Allard and Mary Alexander & Associates, claims that the school concealed a tutor’s predatory behavior and failed to address complaints about his alleged sexual misconduct…
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