Louisiana appeals court rejects lawsuit over suicide of boy expelled for shoving school bully

Sara Brannon plans to continue legal bid against Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans, which governs high school A Louisiana appellate court recently dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit being pursued by a woman whose teenaged son died by suicide hours after his Catholic school expelled him for what he had described as a shoving match with a campus bully.

One of the attorneys for plaintiff Sara Brannon on Friday said she intends to appeal that ruling from Louisiana’s fifth circuit appellate court in a case which characterized her son’s expulsion as unreasonable and arbitrary. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.

In the UK, the youth suicide charity Papyrus can be contacted on 0800 068 4141 or email pat@papyrus-uk.org, and in the UK and Ireland Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

Read the original report at The Guardian.