Jake Marshall Civil Court Case - More on the Fulton School System & Pickens Abuse
Below (click on the link Final Order and Judgment) is the final decision in the Jake Marshall/Melanie Pickens VS National Casualty Company civil court case.
Melanie Pickens, while employed by the Fulton County School District, was a member of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators ("PAGE"). Through her PAGE membership, Pickens had insurance coverage through Plaintiff (National Casualty Company. It is her policy with Plaintiff that was at issue in this case.
National Casualty Company sued Pickens and Jake Marshall to try to prove that her abuse of Jake Marshall was not covered under her policy with PAGE, therefore NCC would not be liable for any lawsuit brought by Jake Marshall (this would have then impacted the other children in Hopewell/Pickens class).
Chris Vance, Jake’s attorney, argued that while Melanie Pickens abused Jake Marshall, it was still Corporal Punishment. Corporal Punishment was covered under the PAGE policy. They won.
This is a big win for Jake and the other children abused by Melanie Pickens in the Fulton County Hopewell Middle School.
Here is previous links to the Pickens Abuse Cases. You can read the Fulton County Investigation Report and GA Professional Standards Report:
http://iepadvocate4you.blogspot.com/2014/01/melanie-pickens-abuse-case-update.html (Gag warning, the abuse was horrific. 30 educators knew and did not report. It was a huge cover-up in Fulton County Schools.)
Please distribute to others. We must never forget to keep this from happening again!
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From Chris Vance – Attorney for Jake Marshall
Please distribute widely.
We must do everything possible to prevent this ever happening again.
Five years, three schools, at least 30 educators ….
Chris
P.S. The attached decision did not delve into AT ALL the abuse of other children or the sexual abuse. It was only the horrific abuse of Jake at one school.
CHRIS E. VANCE, P.C.
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Atlanta, Georgia 30345
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