Pinellas student and her mom sue district over school bus "attack"

By at 5 February, 2010, 2:23 pm

A St. Petersburg High student and her mother have filed suit against the Pinellas County School Board, claiming to have suffered lasting effects from a school bus incident three years ago. Sharon Mayzik, now 17, was a 14-year-old Palm Harbor Middle School student in January 2007 when she was "berated and attacked" by an unnamed male student, leading to "bodily injury" and "mental anguish," according to the suit filed Jan. 26 in Pinellas circuit court. The suit doesn't say what prompted the attack, or detail what happened. But it says the

bus driver "watched, stood by, and did nothing" and that the school board is negligent because it should have known of the boy's "violent proclivities" and taken precautions. The suit say the girl's mother, Kelly Mayzik, was affected by the incident, too, and "has suffered expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earnings, the loss of companionship and services of Ms. Mayzik, and the loss of her filial consortium."

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Pinellas student and her mom sue district over school bus "attack"

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