Multiple Child Victim’s vs Miami-Dade Public Schools
The Haggard Law Firm represented five young girls against the School Board of Miami Dade County who were sexually abused by their gym teacher at a Miami Dade County Middle School. Some victims reported that former Brownsville Middle School teacher Wendell Nibbs raped them, while others reported he sexually harassed and inappropriately touched them. The Haggard Law Firm argued the School Board was aware of Nibbs’ inappropriate and illegal behavior, as well as the risk he posed to young female students, and did nothing about it. Between 2004 and 2016, Nibbs had been accused by at least six different female middle school students of making inappropriate sexual comments, engaging in inappropriate physical contact of a sexual nature, and sending or showing them sexually explicit photographs. Despite these separate accusations Nibbs was permitted to remain at Brownsville Middle as a teacher. The victims recovered $8.7M from the School Board.
