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Pete Answers Questions About Special Ed Litigation & Attorneys Fees

03/15/09
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Today, I answered another HELP!!!! email from a parent  who requested a due process hearing and doesn’t know what to do next. Yesterday, I answered an email from a parent who initiated a due process hearing and lost. The parent filed an appeal in federal court and wanted advice about how to write a legal […]

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Law – Damages? Deliberate Indifference? Lawsuit Against Hawai’i DOE Goes to the Jury

09/09/08
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(Archived from 10/09/08) After a 4 1/2-week jury trial, the first damages case against the Hawai’i DOE went to the jury 24 hours ago. Three more cases alleging deliberate indifference on the part of the DOE are poised to go forward. What are the odds that the jury will find for the child and family?

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