The Dubuque Community School District in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $170,000 to the family of a student who died in a traffic accident in front of Hempstead High School.
The parents of 15 year-old Lauren Schmidt filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district after their daughter was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a classmate in front of the school in September 2007. Schmidt passed in front of a school bus that partially pulled on to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Most details of the settlement are confidential, but the impact to public funds has been released. The school district agreed to pay $115,000 and the city agreed to pay $55,000. The settlement will be payed by a third party insurance carrier.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and friends.