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DEPOSIT PHOTOS A federal judge has ruled for the first time in Massachusetts that emotional distress damages are unavailable to students bringing Title IX claims based on the failure of school officials to adequately investigate and address claims of sexual assault. The case arose when a student at North Andover High School and the mother

Former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson (ASSOCATED PRESS) Civil rights attorneys and mental health advocates say a recent Superior Court decision allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office for its alleged failure to take reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable inmate suicide should help make law enforcement entities more accountable for