A lawsuit against the Hemet Unified School District alleging a Hemet High School employee slammed a student on the ground in 2017 was settled Oct. 25.
Gladys Graham, a minor, sued the school district, the city of Hemet, Riverside County and the California Department of Education Oct. 26, 2018, for assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent hiring, supervision and retention.
The claims against Hemet and the state’s Department of Education were later dismissed.
The suit alleged Gladys approached a student who had been bullying her for two months, whom Gladys had reported to the school for her bullying. The school did not do anything to
