Liability

     McLeod Independent School District allowed its high school teacher, Sherman Hammons, to sexually molest and rape a girl though it knew he had molested other children previously, and “it was obvious to any school official who had as much sense as God gave a goose” that Hammons had an inappropriate relationship with the girl, her parents claim in Texarkana Federal Court.

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     A Whirlpool self-cleaning over caught fire and burned a house, the homeowners say in a $1.2 million demand in Syracuse, N.Y., Federal Court.