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more about #lawsuit BytheSea: In 4th grade, all the kids started to realize that some of the kids were different from one another. Some weren't very tan, they were African American... more » Chamalla,barren crone: I was a special education teacher for eight years, and I tried to fight bullying as much as my job would allow. Kids are slick, and kids are mean - s... more » waverly: 1) It's one thing to say, "ok, let's teach our kids not to be bullies in school," it's entirely another thing to find the time and money to do that. ... more » NewsBunny: I was tortured (I hate 'teased' -- teased suggests playfulness, and there is none of that in bullying) throughout school for being fat. I'm still fa... more » paradisefound25: What I want to know is why no schools have aggressive anti-bullying programs. I mean, if they're going to teach stuff like DARE, why not Anti-Bullyin... more » mannequin: It is very hard to stop bullying. As nora charles said, there is only so much a school can do. Punishing bullys is a good step but can it effectively ... more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: We don't allow adults to libel, slander, harass, steal from, verbally or physically assault one another. We send people to prison for those things. ... more » nora charles: Even as a former anorexic, I think this sets a really dangerous precedent. You would be hard-pressed to find a kid with an eating disorder who was nev... more » vintagegoddess: I was bullied daily by a group of girls during grades 6th and 7th. The only thing that stopped it was moving to a school they did not attend. The scho... more » LawFairy: Well, legally speaking, it likely doesn't mitigate what happened that B.G. may have been genetically predisposed to become anorexic -- in tort law the... more » agentsee: I have mixed feelings on this situation. My sister was bullied because she was heavier, something my parents did absolutely nothing about until she w... more » andBegorrah: "With eating disorders, we say you're born with a gun and life pulls the trigger." Megan Meier was, it seems, born with mental health issues and Lori ... more » Plate2.18: We had a student's parents sue for bullying last year. It was a big mess, as he was far from blameless (though still what happened to him was wrong), ... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Schools should do something about bullying, yes. I was bullied, and I do not have friendly memories of the teachers who saw it going on and did nothin... more » ElleL: While I feel you can't pin an ED on one specific reason, this girl's school should still be protecting it's students from bullying, and the emotional ... more » TheExperience: I'd say that while they're going to have to fight to prove the anorexia occured as a result of bullying, the fact that school admins didn't act on the... more » ohayou_kun: I don't feel much for this girl, aside from a rare twinge of pity. Everybody gets bullied, I was bullied. Sure its horrible, but it does a make a stro... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Lynne and Carrie may know something about EDs, but they don't know squat about proximate cause. Someone really needs to tell them to sit down and be... more » Dauphine: Dear general public: Psychiatric disorders are not caused by one thing. In the case of EDs, particularly, there is an intense change in neurochemist... more » Our Lady of the Massacre: The point here is, the girl told the appropriate school authorities about the bullying and they did nothing. Then the girl had to withdraw from school... more » -
#disorderedschooling
Did Bullying Cause A Girl's Anorexia?
In what may be the first lawsuit of its kind, a mom is suing the Pittsburgh Public Schools for failing to stop the bullying she says caused her daughter's anorexia. More » -
#badhairday
Woman Sues Salon After Dye Job Makes Her Hair Break Off
An Oregon woman sued her salon because her hair snapped off an inch from her scalp after it was bleached. She says she is owed $50,000 for humiliation, depression, and the cost of extensions. More » -
