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R. Armen McOmber and Austin B. Tobin represent the parents on behalf of their minor disabled son, J.W., in both hostile classroom environment and retaliation claims pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) and negligence claims against the Board of Education of the Township of Ocean (“OTBOE”) and a number of its supervisory and teaching assistant staff.

Despite Minor Plaintiff J.W.’s numerous disabilities and his need for trained, professional care during school hours, Ocean Township Elementary School knowingly, negligently, and callously hired unqualified employees to staff the Learning Language Disabled program. Not only was J.W. deprived of a safe and positive learning environment, but also, he was forced to endure the humiliation that no child should ever fall victim to. The complaint alleges, egregiously, that J.W. was repeatedly forced to use a bathroom that was so small that the assistant could not shut the door, forcing J.W. to leave the bathroom open for all to see. Worse, a video was taken of J.W. by his own instructional assistant during one of these incidents.

The negligent actions of the OTBOE and the hostile environment resulting therefrom led a young boy to be paraded around school, naked for all to see. This lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and a jury trial for the blatantly unlawful conduct in violation of New Jersey law.

“The allegations, in this case, are deeply troubling and our clients have suffered immensely.  Simply put, the Ocean Township School District completely failed a minor student with special needs.  J.W., a young boy with Down Syndrome and multiple other disabilities was entitled – like every other student – to a safe and positive learning environment.  Instead, as alleged in the complaint, our client was paraded around the school in a humiliating fashion because of his disability.  There is no excuse for such conduct and our clients look forward to their day in court.” R. Armen McOmber

On April 12, 2022, Partners Charles J. Kocher and Matthew A. Luber  filed this consumer class action in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of their client and a proposed class of Rutgers Business School MBA and other master’s degree students to recover the premium tuition they paid for a high ranking business school when, in reality, Rutgers was allegedly reporting false and misleading data about its employability statistics after graduation to third-party ranking organizations, such as U.S. News and World Report and the Financial Times, in order to inflate the rankings.

This was a massive fraud on Rutgers’ prospective students. Rutgers was unjustly enriched through its retention of tuition premiums paid by Plaintiff and Class members.  A copy of the as-filed Class Action Complaint may be found below.

“Rutgers Business School allegedly reported misleading data to U.S. News and World Report, among other educational ranking organizations, to boost its rankings. But just as falsification of data is a violation of Rutgers’ own Academic Integrity Policy, Rutgers needs to be held accountable here under the law. This class action seeks to recover the premium tuition paid by Plaintiff and the proposed Class for Rutgers’ MBA and other master degree programs are given the tainted rankings.” – Partner Charles J. Kocher

App.com Reported: HOLMDEL – Former school Superintendent Leroy Seitz is accused of sexual harassment by his former secretary for a variety of inappropriate comments, including allegedly joking about pedophiles on staff and receiving lap dances from women, according to a lawsuit filed this week.

Marie Deane, a district employee since 2014, claims that during Seitz’s time as interim superintendent from June 2020 to December, he “repeatedly made misogynistic, sexually harassing and discriminatory comments about” district staff. The complaint also described them as “vile comments.”

Examples of alleged harassment

The lawsuit cites several examples of alleged harassment during the past year:

  • On Oct. 18, 2021, “Seitz inappropriately discussed a school nurse’s concern with a parent’s request to provide cream to a student’s genital area,” the lawsuit states. “During the conversation (in Deane’s presence) Seitz stated to another staffer, ‘We’ve got to have several pedophiles on staff that would volunteer to put Desitin on the child, haha. I want to see the job description for this, haha.”
  • On Sept. 24, 2021, Seitz allegedly told another staffer “that several women who attended a recent meeting with him intentionally dressed provocatively to attempt to persuade him on various topics discussed at the meeting on that date,” the complaint stated.
  • On Oct, 7, 2021, Seitz told the same staffer “that while a female hairstylist was cutting his hair during his most recent haircut, he had a ‘good view when she was leaning over in front of him cutting his hair and it would have been great to have a lap dance’.

If you have been the victim of sexual harassment in the workplace in New Jersey, and have faced retaliation such as termination, demotion, or discipline after making a complaint, contact McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. today for a free consultation to discuss your options.

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