On November 13, 2018, David Berney, Esq. argued before a panel of judges of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia. In that case, the student was the victim of brutal bullying and harassment. However, the lower court threw the case out because it did not believe that the minority tolling statute applied to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Pennsylvania’s anti-discrimination law and the law under which the parent brought claims on behalf of the student. This case will potentially have long-lasting implications for students’ right to bring forth lawsuits for the unlawful bullying and harassment that they have suffered at school.
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