![]() “I came to Waterford wanting the opportunity to get an exceptional liberal arts education in a place where I could thrive despite my physical challenges,” Tabitha said. Waterford even tried to force her to leave school in her senior year after she reported being raped by a male classmate because the school said her status as a sexual assault survivor made others “uncomfortable”. Instead the school failed to take action to prevent her from physical harm, including taking no action when students and faculty bullied her and treated her like a criminal. Tabitha and her parents relocated to Utah in 2013, as she was entering eighth grade, so she could attend Waterford, which charged some $25,000 in annual tuition and boasted of being a “world-class liberal arts private school.” According to the filing, Waterford was aware of and clearly understood Tabitha’s medical issues and promised the family they would accommodate her needs. ![]() “In my many years of representing victims of sexual violence, Waterford’s treatment of Tabitha is one of the worst institutional responses to a report of sexual assault I have ever seen.” “This suit involves a series of extremely egregious and entirely preventable physical and emotional injuries endured by a vulnerable student with a serious physical disability,” said Kelly. Marcuse, Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Baltimore office and Utah local counsel Gregory Ferbrache of Ferbrache Law in Salt Lake City. Kelly and senior litigation counsel Christine Dunn, Criminal/Sexual Violence Practice Group Co-Chairs, Deborah K. Tabitha is represented in the matter by Sanford Heisler Sharp partner Steven J. Tabitha has a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) disease, which affects her balance, limits her mobility and affects her general physical functioning. The complaint alleges the elite private school refused to implement safeguards to protect Tabitha’s safety at the institution, including ignoring bullying and shunning by other students, tolerating consistent mistreatment by faculty and turning a blind eye to a traumatic rape by a male classmate with a known history of sexual harassment and physical violence. The case brought by the former student was filed in Utah’s Third District Court in Salt Lake County. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Attorneys from Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, together with local counsel Ferbrache Law, today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tabitha Bell against The Waterford School. You earned that money, so make sure you received it by having your paystubs evaluated.SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. These violations can often cause $100s in lost wages a year. ![]() You’ll not only get peace of mind but you might also get justice. ![]() If you’re ready to know the truth about your paychecks or have any questions, call us at 50 or fill out the form below. Having an evaluation is completely free and confidential. That’s why we have professionals ready to review your paystubs. It could be happening to you, too!Ĭalculating if your overtime pay has been shorted is a complicated process. We currently have a lawsuit that states that Lennox isn’t doing this properly for one of your coworkers. When you get a bonus, you raise your average rate of pay which increases your overtime rate. Your overtime pay is calculated by multiplying your regular rate of pay by 1.5. If Lennox isn’t calculating your bonus into your overtime pay, you could be losing $100s a year.
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