The parents of a 12-year-old girl who killed herself are suing a New Jersey school district for not doing enough to protect their daughter.
WABC reports Mallory Grossman's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Rockaway Township Board of Education and its staff.
The lawsuit states that Mallory Grossman was relentlessly taunted in the weeks leading to her suicide on June 14, 2017.
Dianne Grossman said she and her husband repeatedly contacted school officials to tell them of the bullying, but that the school's response was inadequate.
Instead, the lawsuit states, officials suggested Mallory Grossman eat lunch in a guidance counselor's office to avoid bullies.
She was also allegedly forced to hug one of her tormentors as an apparent attempt at reconciliation.
"The school had a very basic obligation: to keep (its) young students safe," attorney Bruce Nagel said. »