discuss the bullying. 75. The plaintiff attended the meeting without her son but was told Id. ¶ that her son needed to attend the meeting. When she told her son that he needed to attend a meeting the next day at school, he had a panic attack. He then told his mother for the first time about the sexual assaults he had suffered at school in 2011 and 2012. He has not attended his Brunswick school since that date. ¶¶ 76-77. Id. The plaintiff reported the sexual assaults to Brunswick Junior High School on about October 25, 2012. Id. ¶ 78. The plaintiff’s son was diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) as a result of assaults, abuse, and harassment that he suffered at his Brunswick school. ¶ 82. Id. The plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendants with the Maine Human Rights Commission (“MHRC”) on July 30, 2012, alleging discrimination and retaliation against her son. ¶ 84. The MHRC investigator assigned to this complaint concluded that the school Id. allowed a hostile educational environment to persist for a lengthy period of time and that its response was not appropriate when it became clear that the harassment was continuing. ¶ 89. Id. The MHRC determined that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the school committed unlawful discrimination against the plaintiff’s son for two and a half years. ¶ 92. Id. As a result of this conduct, the plaintiff and her son have suffered and are continuing to suffer, emotional pain and distress, suffering, mental anguish, and loss of alia, enjoyment of life. ¶¶ 100 (Count I), 104 (Count II), 110 (Count III). Id. Discussion The defendants seek the records of a therapist who treated the plaintiff’s son from September 5, 2006, through November 17, 2010, and a counselor who has been seeing the
discuss the bullying. Id. ¶ 75. The plaintiff attended the meeting without her son but was told that her son needed to attend the meeting. When she told her son that he needed to attend a meeting the next day at school, he had a panic attack. He then told his mother for the first time about the sexual assaults he had suffered at school in 2011 and 2012. He has not attended his Brunswick school since that date. Id. ¶¶ 76-77. The plaintiff reported the sexual assaults to Brunswick Junior High School on about October 25, 2012. Id. ¶ 78. The plaintiff’s son was diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) as a result of assaults, abuse, and harassment that he suffered at his Brunswick school. Id. ¶ 82. The plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendants with the Maine Human Rights Commission (“MHRC”) on July 30, 2012, alleging discrimination and retaliation against her son. Id. ¶ 84. The MHRC investigator assigned to this complaint concluded that the school allowed a hostile educational environment to persist for a lengthy period of time and that its response was not appropriate when it became clear that the harassment was continuing. Id. ¶ 89. The MHRC determined that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the school committed unlawful discrimination against the plaintiff’s son for two and a half years. Id. ¶ 92. As a result of this conduct, the plaintiff and her son have suffered and are continuing to suffer, alia, emotional pain and distress, suffering, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life. Id. ¶¶ 100 (Count I), 104 (Count II), 110 (Count III). Discussion The defendants seek the records of a therapist who treated the plaintiff’s son from September 5, 2006, through November 17, 2010, and a counselor who has been seeing the
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