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PHILADELPHIA – A proposed settlement of $265,000 is on the table in litigation from the parents of a Philadelphia child who allegedly suffered from toxic lead exposure at his local elementary school against the school district, which alleged state-created danger and negligence claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed settlement of $265,000 is on the table in litigation from the parents of a Philadelphia child who allegedly suffered from toxic lead exposure at his local elementary school against the school district, which alleged state-created danger and negligence claims.
WHYY By A student walks through the halls of Cardozo High School on March 12, 2020. Cardozo had problems like asbestos and lead pipes before being renovated in 2011. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY) Christopher Moses encountered dire conditions at Washington, D.C.’s Calvin Coolidge High School when he entered as a freshman in 2016. Damaged floors, 70-year-old boilers, no central air conditioning, dangerously obsolete wiring, and a leaky, crumbling roof. “Everything was just torn down,” Moses recalled. “We weren’t allowed to go on the fourth floor. And then the lockers, we couldn’t use...