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April 28, 2005
Andrew Bergh: Third grader gets paddling, not $30K
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Corporal punishment is alive and well in Louisiana.
But its use was recently tested in Setliff v. Rapides Parish School Board. In that case, a Louisiana appeals court had to decide whether school officials should pay $30,000 in damages to a third grader who received a paddling at school.
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