Legal Opinion
T.E. Ex Rel. C.E. v. Sperlik
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 23, 2009No. 05 C 473PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM J. HIBBLER, District Judge.
Tragically, a music teacher at several Berwyn, Illinois elementary schools, Robert Sperlik, sexually abused a number of his female students during his career as a music teacher. The Plaintiffs, many of Sperlik’s victims and their parents 1 , allege that school officials contributed to Sperlik’s abuse when they looked the other way or swept reports of Sperlik’s abuse under the carpet. As a result, the Plaintiffs have sued not only Sperlik and the South Berwyn School District (the District), but also numerous school officials…
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