Wrongful Death Suit Filed In 12 Year Old’s Suicide Due To Cyber Bulling

By Greg Kohn
Partner

Parents File Wrongful Death Suit In Cyber Bulling Of Daughter

The parents of a 12 year old middle school student who killed herself after relentless cyber bullying by schoolmates have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Rockaway Board of Education and various school administrators. Mallory Grossman was a student at Copeland Middle School in Rockaway when she committed suicide on June 14, 2017 after she was taunted, texted malicious messages, and even asked, “when are you going to kill yourself.” Her parents made numerous complaints to the school to stop this activity and protect their daughter, but the school took no steps to stop the cyber bullying. The complaint was filed on June 19, 2018 detailing the nature and extent of the repeated cyber bullying that was suffered by the child.

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For more coverage of this case click the links below:

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About the Author
Greg Kohn is a partner at Nagel Rice and specializes in complex civil litigation cases, including professional malpractice, personal injury, class actions, wrongful death, products liability, and commercial litigation.  He has extensive experience representing clients in both state and federal court. Greg has tried many jury trials to verdict and has recovered over $50 million in settlements and verdicts in all types of personal injury matters including automobile accidents, wrongful death cases, slip and falls, and other catastrophic injury cases. Greg also handles medical malpractice cases, involving misdiagnoses, wrongful birth, and delayed cancer diagnosis. If you have questions regarding this article, you can contact Greg here.