- 11 Sep 2023 02:28
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This is the latest example of Leftist progressive insanity and lawsuits being out of control.
Those on the Left seem to think that big employers should be held financially responsible for misconduct that their employees commit.
In this case, since it is a public school, this money is ultimately being spent by the government and coming from the taxpayers (which is why this thread is being placed in the "Budget & Taxes" section).
In other words the "costs" to an individual are being socialized and paid for by the group (society).
The victim is given money to financially compensate them for the wrong they suffered. (Never mind that the wrong may not truly have a financial equivalent, or that the people who end up paying are not the ones who chose to commit that crime)
I guess progressives view this as making society more "fair". It's almost like a social insurance scheme for suffering any wrong in your life.
I personally think this is total insanity, but many modern progressives apparently see it as perfectly normal, reasonable, and good. This is just how they roll in progressive areas.
In this story, a female teacher had sex with her male students, got pregnant by one of them, and then the families of boy students wanted money, and went to court trying to make the school have to give them money. So the school gave them lots of money.
from the article:
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A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing.
The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst's victims since her 2013 arrest.
In August 2016, the district agreed to pay $6 million to a former student who impregnated Whitehust while she was his teacher.
The latest lawsuit was filed in 2021 by another former student who alleged he was preyed upon and sexually abused at Redlands High School by Whitehurst in 2007 and 2008 when he was 14. Whitehurst admitted to police in 2013 she had sex with the youth 10 to 15 times in her classroom and at her apartment.
In the other lawsuit, the boy who fathered Whitehurst's child alleged that Redlands Unified officials knew of his relationship with the teacher and failed to warn his family.
Whitehurst gave birth in 2014 after having sex with the boy for a year, starting when he was 16.
Whitehurst, who taught English and was a soccer coach, pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with three former students. She served six months in jail and was required to register as a sex offender.
California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student's baby, Associated Press, 9/10/2023
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Apparently the Left thinks money grows on trees.
In my view, these type of lawsuits should NOT be normalized. This is not how things should work. It is not logical. Rather it follows a wacky sort of Leftist progressive logic.
In this case it looks like the teacher wasn't really that attractive, but they were horny young 14-year-old teen boys and I guess couldn't help themselves.
If it had been a male teacher who had sex with female students, I could perhaps half understand the reasons for the lawsuit. I would still overall disagree (the school should not be financially responsible), but at least I could half see it.
In this case I think the families of those boys were just being opportunistic and trying to get some money. (In my view, that is like THEFT) I know this was an agreed upon settlement, but the judge should have immediately thrown out the case out as soon as it came to him, sending the message that the school should not have to pay and would not be at risk to have to pay anything.
(For those who don't know, plaintiffs often pay settlements because they're worried if they do not settle, a possibility exists the court might order them to pay even more. And ongoing litigation is expensive)
Those on the Left seem to think that big employers should be held financially responsible for misconduct that their employees commit.
In this case, since it is a public school, this money is ultimately being spent by the government and coming from the taxpayers (which is why this thread is being placed in the "Budget & Taxes" section).
In other words the "costs" to an individual are being socialized and paid for by the group (society).
The victim is given money to financially compensate them for the wrong they suffered. (Never mind that the wrong may not truly have a financial equivalent, or that the people who end up paying are not the ones who chose to commit that crime)
I guess progressives view this as making society more "fair". It's almost like a social insurance scheme for suffering any wrong in your life.
I personally think this is total insanity, but many modern progressives apparently see it as perfectly normal, reasonable, and good. This is just how they roll in progressive areas.
In this story, a female teacher had sex with her male students, got pregnant by one of them, and then the families of boy students wanted money, and went to court trying to make the school have to give them money. So the school gave them lots of money.
from the article:
...
A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing.
The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst's victims since her 2013 arrest.
In August 2016, the district agreed to pay $6 million to a former student who impregnated Whitehust while she was his teacher.
The latest lawsuit was filed in 2021 by another former student who alleged he was preyed upon and sexually abused at Redlands High School by Whitehurst in 2007 and 2008 when he was 14. Whitehurst admitted to police in 2013 she had sex with the youth 10 to 15 times in her classroom and at her apartment.
In the other lawsuit, the boy who fathered Whitehurst's child alleged that Redlands Unified officials knew of his relationship with the teacher and failed to warn his family.
Whitehurst gave birth in 2014 after having sex with the boy for a year, starting when he was 16.
Whitehurst, who taught English and was a soccer coach, pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with three former students. She served six months in jail and was required to register as a sex offender.
California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student's baby, Associated Press, 9/10/2023
...
Apparently the Left thinks money grows on trees.
In my view, these type of lawsuits should NOT be normalized. This is not how things should work. It is not logical. Rather it follows a wacky sort of Leftist progressive logic.
In this case it looks like the teacher wasn't really that attractive, but they were horny young 14-year-old teen boys and I guess couldn't help themselves.
If it had been a male teacher who had sex with female students, I could perhaps half understand the reasons for the lawsuit. I would still overall disagree (the school should not be financially responsible), but at least I could half see it.
In this case I think the families of those boys were just being opportunistic and trying to get some money. (In my view, that is like THEFT) I know this was an agreed upon settlement, but the judge should have immediately thrown out the case out as soon as it came to him, sending the message that the school should not have to pay and would not be at risk to have to pay anything.
(For those who don't know, plaintiffs often pay settlements because they're worried if they do not settle, a possibility exists the court might order them to pay even more. And ongoing litigation is expensive)
Last edited by Puffer Fish on 11 Sep 2023 19:36, edited 1 time in total.