(FRANKFORT, Ky.) The Kentucky Supreme Court has declined to review a teacher sex-abuse case, letting stand a $3.7 million judgment against the Fayette County public schools.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Wednesday that the plaintiff in the case, Carol Lynne Maner, said she had been crying tears of relief since hearing the news.
Maner sued the Fayette County school district in 2003, saying she was sexually abused by teachers and other staff in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 2007, she was awarded a $3.7 million jury verdict that the school system appealed twice.
The Associated Press does not typically identify victims of alleged sex crimes. But Maner has said she is willing to be named.
