Chicago Public Schools Settle a $1.25 Million Lawsuit Over a Bullied Student Who Died From Complications After a Suicide Attempt
Chicago Public Schools has agreed to a settlement to pay $1.2 million to the mother of a student who was being bullied at one of their schools and died after he attempted to kill himself.
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Public Schools has reached a $1.25 million settlement with the family of Jamari Dent, who had died of health complications earlier this summer after he tried to commit suicide back in 2019. Dent’s mother stated that he attempted suicide because school staff and students were bullying him at Carter Woodson Elementary School.
The 13-year-old boy passed away in June, two years after he tried to take his own life. The suicide attempt in 2019 left the fourth-grader with permanent brain damage and him needing a breathing tube while he had no ability to walk or talk.
