The family of an 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome who died at summer school has reached an $18 million settlement with a California district.
, a legal document containing a special needs student's educational plan in collaboration with teachers, principals, therapists and others.According to Murillo family attorney Steve Vartazarian, a teacher wheeled Moises over to a desk for a sensory task."His wheelchair wouldn't allow his legs to fit under the desk so she tried removing him from his stroller to sit him in a regular chair," he said.
"The teachers turned around to do something else and didn't pay attention ," said Vartazarian."He pushed himself in some way and fell back."The lawsuit states that Moises suffered"extensive" neck injuries and went into cardiac arrest. He was taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, then Children's Hospital of Orange County where he was placed on life support.