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More Consequences
It seems like maybe the civil penalties will have more impact that the criminal charges...
Parents to pay teens injured during hazing
The parents of "several" Glenbrook North High School graduates involved in the May 4 "powder puff" incident have agreed to pay damages to the families of three now-senior students physically injured in the melee, an attorney for the students said.
Attorney Rollin Soskin said the parents decided to pay $2,500 to each of his three clients. Under the Illinois Parental Responsibility Act, parents can be held liable for a maximum of $2,500 when their children damage property or injure someone.
Soskin said Tuesday he plans to go to court to seek that $7,500 amount from parents of about 20 Glenbrook North graduates if the adults don't agree to the settlement.
Terms call for the settling parents and their children "to cooperate with us by providing us prompt and truthful information" about the hazing, Soskin said, and for his clients to forego further legal action against the settling parents' students.
Soskin maintains those offered the settlement contributed to his clients' injury by letting their children help plan the event or participate in the hazing. The settlement has not been offered to the dozen or so teens Soskin claimed physically harmed his clients during the melee.
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