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C.J. Ciaramella

Louisiana Mother of Autistic Child Hit by Teacher Files Supreme Court Petition

Sonia Book's autistic daughter was hit by a public school teacher who later pleaded guilty to battering two other autistic students. Book tried to sue, but she happens to live in Louisiana, one of three states where school officials are essentially immune from lawsuits for excessive corporal punishment.

Now Book is asking the Supreme Court to step in. 

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