Updated: Feb. 10, 2010 12:12 p.m.
HUNTINGTON BEACH -- A Huntington Beach teen is suing the city's high school district claiming that a teacher hit him in the face with a clipboard and then asked, "You want another shot?", according to court documents.
Cruz Pontes, now 16, filed a lawsuit Jan. 28 against the Huntington Beach Union High School District and teacher George Steven Higi alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. Higi is a language arts teacher at Valley Vista High School, a continuation school.
The suit alleges that Pontes sustained bodily injury, shock, and injury to his nervous system. He needed X-rays, hospitalization and an ambulance, the suit says.
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Pontes previously filed a claim against the district for $200,000, which school board members voted to deny Sept. 4.
The suit says Higi struck Pontes Sept. 5 while the student was at the Huntington Beach High School gymnasium for a field trip and was sitting on the bleachers.
Pontes responded by asking, "Do you know what you have done?" the suit says.
Higi replied: "You shouldn't have interrupted me. You want another shot?" the suit says.
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Pontes alleges that school administration "brushed off" the incident saying, "It's not our problem, go to your own school and handle it."
He says he was later labeled a "snitch" and assaulted by other students. Pontes was not allowed to return to regular school programs, the suit said.
For the full article, please follow the link: http://www.ocregister.com/news/school-232836-pontes-suit.html
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