LOS ANGELES — The family of two twins who are nonverbal has won a $45 million judgment against the Santa Monica-Malibu school system after suing over alleged physical abuse by a teacher’s aide who, they said, used hand sanitizer to inflict pain on the autistic children.
The school system declined to comment on the specifics of the civil case but is weighing whether to appeal the size of the judgment or the verdict itself.
The teacher’s aide, Galit Gottlieb, also declined to comment, on the advice of attorneys representing the school system. District officials would not say whether she is currently employed by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
