Parents who claimed their children were abused at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the youngsters' former teacher have settled the lawsuits they brought against each other. In a suit filed last year in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, the parents of five students who are deaf accused Jacquilyn M. Shasky of yanking the children by their arms, slapping them and calling them names. Shasky, who denied all allegations, filed a countersuit accusing the parents of defamation and fraud.
The two sides reached an agreement to drop their suits - with no one admitting any fault - and the case was dismissed this week by U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell. The details of the agreement are confidential. Shasky, who had been a first-grade teacher at the Ogden school, no longer teaches for USDB.
The parents in December reached a settlement with the state on their claims that two school officials ignored the mistreatment, which they claim began around 2004. Each family received $10,000 and the group got attorney fees, for a total of $67,000. The officials did not admit any wrongdoing.
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