Dayes v. Watertown City School District et al

  1. February 09, 2024

    New York Teacher Pays $75K For Mock Slave Auction Harm

    A northern New York teacher will pay $75,000 for holding a mock slave auction of Black students in her classroom, settling a federal suit over a lesson a 10-year-old student's mother said emotionally damaged her son.

  2. October 03, 2022

    Insurer Doesn't Have To Cover Suit Over Mock Slave Auction

    A school district's insurer doesn't have to defend a teacher being sued for conducting a mock slave auction in her classroom, a New York federal judge ruled, finding that a commercial general liability policy didn't offer coverage for allegations of intentional racial discrimination.