A teenager has been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, and weekly earnings, after suing the New South Wales Government for failing to protect him from being bullied at primary school.
Benjamin Cox was bullied by an older student at Woodberry Public School near Maitland in the Hunter Valley 13 years ago.
He was six at the time.
On one occasion, the student tried to strangle him, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
His mother reported the bullying to school authorities, but it did not stop.
Mr Cox is now 18 years old.
He suffers from a severe psychiatric condition and is unemployable.
He claimed damages in the Supreme Court, alleging the State of New South Wales had breached its duty of care.
Justice Carolyn Simpson found the school's response was "dismally inadequate".
She said the staff made no attempt to deal with a serious problem, and grossly failed in their duty to him.
Mr Cox was awarded more than $213,000 and weekly earnings for life.
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Of course this report couldn't have come at a better time!
They say, "Justice Carolyn Simpson found the school's response was "dismally inadequate".
But they don't say when she found that out? My guess it wasn't today! John Howard's ABC would like you to think it was?
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