Parents left child in lurch in lawsuit - judge
Justice Thomas Christie says adult defendants "lawyered up" first with no apparent regard for legal needs of Muslim daughter in court action over school assaults on Jewish student
A judge has placed the onus of naming a litigation guardian to look out for the legal interests of a Muslim girl being sued for an allegedly anti-Semitic attack on her parents, whom he criticized for their conduct.
A Jewish girl who alleges she was twice assaulted by a Muslim girl, a fellow student at Leo Hayes High School, on April 30 filed a lawsuit against the girl, her parents and the Anglophone West district education council, and the Court of King’s Bench has been dealing with some preliminary motions in the case as of late.
There’s a publication ban in place protecting the identities of the underage plaintiff and defendant.
The lawsuit seeks damages from the Muslim girl and her parents, as well as from the district education council, arguing it failed to protect her, allowed an anti-Semitic atmosphere to thrive at the school and further discriminated against the Jewish girl in the aftermath of the incidents.