NC district to pay $75K to middle school student hit trying to catch school bus
APEX — A North Carolina school system has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a middle school student who was seriously injured while trying to catch a school bus in 2014.The News & Observer reports that Wake County school officials announced the $75,000 settlement with Michael Burgess’ family Tuesday night, but school board attorney Jonathan Blumberg says the district “emphatically denies any negligence.”Burgess was 11 and a student at West Lake […]
