A civil lawsuit seeking $25 million, filed Feb. 3, 2020 in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that a former special education teacher at Barrington Middle School – Prairie Campus sexually abused her student on school premises between 2002 and 2004.
A $25 million lawsuit was filed this month against Barrington School District 220 by a former student who alleges that he was sexually abused by one of his middle school teachers more than 30 times from 2002 to 2004.
The plaintiff in the lawsuit, which was filed Feb. 3 in Cook County Circuit Court, is now 29 or 30 years old and is identified only as John Doe. According to the civil complaint, he was between the age of 12 and 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.
According to the complaint, the student has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, regularly attends therapy and “continues to suffer from emotional and psychological injuries” as a result of the alleged abuse.
The lawsuit names as defendants the school district and the estate of former teacher Susan Maylahn, who the Cook County medical examiner’s office indicates died April 21, 2014.
Read what updates the Chicago Tribune has uncovered to this previously reported story here.
Related: Lawsuit alleges abuse by former District 220 teacher – Daily Herald, 2/4/2020
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