LAUSD wins reversal of $30M verdict in Long Beach boy’s death at hands of Beyond the Bell coach

A state appellate court reversed a jury verdict Monday against the Los Angeles Unified School District in a lawsuit in which the mother of a 6-year-old Long Beach boy who was fatally beaten the day after Christmas 2019 won $30 million in emotional distress damages.

Plaintiff Kenya Taylor, the 42-year-old mother of Dayvon Taylor, maintained the school district negligently hired, retained and supervised her son’s accused killer, Tyler D’Shaun Martin Brand, for an after-school program. In an August 2023 verdict...