LOS ANGELES — The family of an 8-year-old La Puente boy with Down syndrome who died in 2017 after falling off a chair at school and severing his spinal cord has reached an $18 million settlement with the district, the family's attorney said Wednesday.
Because of his disability, Moises Murillo could not walk, talk or sit up straight and was supposed to be seated in an adaptive stroller, said Steve Vartazarian, the family's attorney.
On May 31, 2017, a teacher at Sunset Elementary School who was not familiar with Moises' individualized education program, or IEP, couldn't fit the stroller at a desk, Vartazarian said. An IEP outlines the yearly plan for each student with disabilities, including any specialized equipment they must use in the classroom.
