$90,000 settlement approved in teen’s bullying lawsuit against LAUSD

A judge has approved a $90,000 settlement on behalf of a 17-year-old Tarzana girl who alleged she was not protected at a Los Angeles Unified School District middle school from bullying by classmates, including an attack that left her with a concussion in 2020.

The plaintiff is identified only as Z.S. in her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against the district and Jennifer Yoo, then the principal of Gaspar de Portola Middle School. The suit was filed on her behalf in March 2021 by her father...