The lawsuit claims the parents should pay the workers comp fees for the security guard’s injuries to the brain, ear, jaw and teeth.
Berkeley Unified filed a lawsuit last week against a student and their parents to cover the cost of workers compensation benefits for a security guard who was injured trying to break up a fight at Berkeley High.
On Aug. 21, 2021, a school safety officer tried to intervene in a fight involving the student, when the student’s parents struck her, according to the lawsuit.