Judge Refuses To Toss Military School Lawsuit
Associated Press - Thu 06:27 AM 10/11/2012
11 plaintiffs are in the lawsuit against St. John's Military School.
A federal judge has again refused to toss out an abuse lawsuit brought by families of 11 former cadets at St. John's Military School in Salina.
The academy wanted the lawsuit dismissed or an order putting the dispute into arbitration. The school contends the enrollment contract signed by cadets' parents requires any claims to be submitted to arbitration.
U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum on Wednesday denied the school's request on the same grounds that he denied it in June. He had previously ruled the arbitration clause agreed to by the parents does not apply to claims from the students.
St. John's renewed the request because four plaintiffs had been added to the case and it wanted to preserve all legal issues for appeal. The school denies the abuse claims.
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t-bone
Thursday 11 October 2012 09:25 Report this comment
yea right! whatever. if they hadn't been little brats to begin with and had prooper parental guidance they wouldn't have been sent there in the first place. they demand discipline and discipline is what they demand ( i like that)
perculator
Thursday 11 October 2012 20:39 Report this comment
This is not the first time or even the second time the school has been accused of this. Everyone knows this has been a on going thing for years. My neighbor you used to work at the school told me the hole story & why he quit.
Iamgonnagetyou
Friday 12 October 2012 08:31 Report this comment
Give me a break. Alot of these kids get kicked out of every school where they live and their folks have the money to send them to these schools because they do not want to deal with them or have their family name dragged down in the mud. Military schools are like the regular military and there is no room for those that do not obey rules or follow instructions. Peer pressure is a form used. My question is how many of these that have brought legal action to the school have committed crimes against our community while attending school there?