Chapter 12 - We Did Not Sue the School the Next Morning
People assumed we would.
My brother said:
“You have them.”
A friend said:
“This is millions.”
No.
That is not how most school medical-negligence cases work.
We hired an attorney.
Not because I wanted:
revenge.
Because I needed independent advice about:
records,
Lily’s rights,
medical costs,
school accommodations,
possible claims.
The attorney reviewed:
district policies,
Lily’s 504 plan,
medical documentation,
emails,
nursing records,
staff statements.
Potential issues included:
negligence,
disability-access failures,
district policy violations,
state-law questions.
Exact claims depended on:
facts
and:
immunity rules.
We did not announce a giant lawsuit.
We entered:
mediation.
Eventually the district agreed to a civil resolution that included:
medical expenses,
therapy costs,
future asthma-management accommodations,
attorney fees where applicable,
and additional compensation for the disruption and harm.
There was no:
$20 million jackpot.
Good.
Lily’s life did not need to become a lottery story.
The more important outcome was:
written accountability.
The district acknowledged that her rescue-medication access had been improperly restricted despite an established medical plan.
That sentence mattered.
Because Lily needed adults to stop calling what happened:
May you like
a misunderstanding.
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