Sia Baker-Barnes, partner with Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, left, and Salesia Smith-Gordon, of the Law Offices of Salesia V. Smith-Gordon, right. Courtesy photos
The family of an autistic teenager who died after choking on food at a high school cafeteria has secured a $2 million settlement agreement that will change the way Palm Beach County schools operate — and could encourage other districts to do the same.
It’s a result that might demonstrate the difference an open-minded and creative approach could make in litigation, as plaintiffs attorneys Sia Baker-Barnes and Salesia V. Smith-Gordon employed a strategy that let them negotiate outside of state sovereign immunity damages caps.
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