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sick of child torture girl:
was this judge payed off...
what about the charges of child abuse?

Troll Control:
unfortunately, child abuse can't be raised in the class suit because EVERY class member would have to allege it.  in this case, many have alleged it and some have not.  the issue of abuse will be taken up separately by families going froward, or, if the class is denied, i have been told that 21 families will move forward with individual lawsuits based on fraud AND neglect /abuse.

the best thing for hla at this point would to be to allow the suit to move forward and defend the "watered-down" class allegations.  

if they fight the class and win they will then be faced with many, many more suits for far more serious wrongdoing like abuse and neglect.  there are several hla staffers who have already given statements to corroborate these charges and who will testify in court that hla did, in fact, abuse and neglect children in their care.

but, again, that's not an issue addressed by the class because the class' petition must be, by law, homogenous.  the rest will come out sooner than later.

Deborah:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---unfortunately, child abuse can't be raised in the class suit because EVERY class member would have to allege it.  in this case, many have alleged it and some have not.
--- End quote ---


Is this the case? My understanding is that abuse can be included in a class, but the alleged abuses must be identical. When I was involved with another class suit we had to dissolve the class and sue individually because all of our kids didn't endure the same identical abuses. We all alleged abuse, among other things, some were common to all, some were different.
Some were held down and slapped in the face with a penis or molested in the shower; some were made to eat a pack of cigarettes (including the packaging), spin around until they puked and wipe it on their friend; some were made to strip and walk down the hall naked as others made disparaging remarks; some had patches of hair pulled out; some were beaten; some experienced sock parties or were startled awake to a flaming torch; some were excessively PTd and/or denied medical attention; etc.etc. the list was quiet extensive.

Troll Control:
yes, i believe your understanding is quite correct about this matter - this is what i intended to convey with the term "homogenous," all cases must be the same (have the same allegations).

you can bet your ass though that some of these folks are going to let it fly when they file individual suits.  it's gonna be on.  and, as another poster said earlier, these people have the financial wherewithal to outlast/outspend HLA.  it's going under, and soon.

RobertBruce:
Very true. Which is why as I mentioned before, should the class status be denied HLA is going to be begging these parents to settle.

The school would be better off with the class status, much less damning truths coming to light, probably less in legal costs (now that the judge ruled they cant pull this bullshit with trying to make plantiffs pay their legal fees. Talk about unconsciencable) and it would save them loads of travel time going to and from the court room.

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