On August 5, 2022, a federal judge ordered Shaun O. Harrison, a former English High School Dean, to pay Keches Law Group client Luis “Angel” Rodriguez $10 million in compensatory damages for shooting the then 17-year-old student in the back of the head at point-blank range on March 3, 2015, in Roxbury Massachusetts.
US District Judge Leo. T Sorokin awarded Rodriguez $7.5 million for his physical pain and suffering and emotional distress and $2.5 million in punitive damages.
The case was prosecuted by John Martin, Thomas Wood, and Michaela Weaver of Keches Law Group in the United States District Court District of Massachusetts Civil No. 19-10116-LTS.
“At Keches, it is our hope that in taking cases like this, the judgment will send shockwaves through public city schools around the country,” says Keches Attorney John T. Martin. “These schools need to protect our children from predators and must be held accountable when they fail to do so.”
Charges against Boston Public Schools and Harrison in his official capacity there, excepting one count, were dismissed.
