Parkland Follow Up

[RicInOR]

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Judge Threatens Censorship After Newspaper Reveals Bureaucratic Errors in Parkland Lead-Up ... she threatened to exercise prior restraint on the newspaper. Via Ol' Remus. Judge Threatens Censorship After Newspaper Reveals Bureaucratic Errors in Parkland Lead-Up ((( we have a large number...

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UPDATE 10/2020
Parents who sued a school district after their children died in a mass shooting at a Florida high school are being asked to turn over psychiatric records to prove they've suffered mental anguish – ABC


The Sun-Sentinel is the more complete story, but is soft paywall

School Board demands psychiatric records from Parkland parents

Their sons and daughters died in the Stoneman Douglas massacre. They sued the Broward School Board, the sheriff and others for the loss of their children. Now parents and other victims are being as…

www.sun-sentinel.com

Parkland families must turn over some mental-health records to School Board, judge rules

The victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, and their families, will have to turn over some records of their mental health treatment since the tragedy, a Broward judge ruled Thursday. But…

www.sun-sentinel.com

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[sobo]

Well, that was unexpected...

 

[L84Cabo]

I'm sorry but that is insane! We are talking about the loss of life of people's children. Saying you need a note from the doctor to validate a person's pain and suffering is moronic, heartless, and beyond infuriating. Especially when the district and so many others were so grossly incompetent.

 

[Jonnyuma]

Saying you need a note from the doctor to validate a person's pain and suffering is moronic, heartless, and beyond infuriating.

Only if they want some of that settlement. Otherwise people are free to grieve as they see fit.

I agree that there's a certain amount (l don't have a number to put on it. Apparently, in this suit, the number is $300k) of intangible damage done to the immediate families, that is a given and shouldn't require third party proof.

I would also strenuously object to turning over health and/or treatment records to the Broward county school board (?!! BubbleguuuUUUuuum YOU!).... seems HIPA laws would rule that out and if not, it looks like a case where the ACLU could actually do some good (for once).

I agree that it's heartless, as you say. But civil suits and the law in general are heartless. The defendants and their council would be doing a disservice to the taxpayers (who will be/are paying for ALL of this) if they didn't mount a vigorous defense, even if what they are defending is indefensible.

 

[RicInOR]

Parkland Shooter Plead Guilty - Faces Death Penalty

Parkland shooter Cruz pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder, faces death penalty

Cruz also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder in 2018 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

justthenews.com

Cruz also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder in 2018 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School


"I have to live with this every day, and it brings me nightmares and I can't live with myself sometimes. But I try to push through because I know that's what you guys would want me to do.""

 

[RicInOR]

Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with DOJ for about $130 million

Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit over the FBI's failure to act on tips about the gunman.

www.npr.org

 

[SonicBlue03]

Hogg just got more money to annoy us.