Family of student in 2017 fatal fall at California school talks about loss, million settlement

Roberta Gomez, flanked by her lawyers Luis Carrillo and Steven Vartazarian, speaks at an Aug. 17, 2022 press conference held near Sunset Elementary...

August 25, 2022
6:14 AM

Roberta Gomez, flanked by her lawyers Luis Carrillo and Steven Vartazarian, speaks at an Aug. 17, 2022 press conference held near Sunset Elementary School in La Puente where her 8-year-old son, Moises Murillo, fell and was injured while in class on May 31, 2017. Moises, who had Down syndrome, died four days later. Hacienda La Puente Unified School District settled a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents and will pay $18 million. (Photo by Ruby Gonzales, San Gabriel Valley Tribune/SCNG) Moises Murillo and his mother, Roberta Gomez in an undated photo.

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