School district to pay $10.5M over chicken suit attack
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A California school district has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a former student who suffered brain damage when he was mobbed while wearing a chicken costume at a pep rally.
Kern County High School District agreed to the settlement Wednesday. A jury this week found the district liable for Mitch Carter's injuries and was considering damages.
The former Bakersfield High student was wearing a chicken outfit to mock the Golden Eagle mascot of an opposing team when he was dogpiled by members of his own football team in 2010.
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His attorney says Carter, now 24, spent six months in a brain injury treatment center. Ralph Wegis (WEE'-gihs) says the former honor roll student struggles in college and suffers from anxiety, depression and memory problems.
The district says the incident never should have happened and it accepts responsibility.