Hallsville schools to pay $100,000 to family of bullied teen

HALLSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The Hallsville School District will pay $100,000 to
settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who said her daughter committed suicide after
being bullied.

Elizabeth Overstreet sued Hallsville in August 2018 over the death of
13-year-old Rylie Wagner. She alleged school administrators did nothing to help
her daughter, who she said was bullied at school because of her sexual
orientation, clothes and other characteristics. Rylie committed suicide in April
2017.

The settlement was approved Tuesday. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported the
details Thursday after filing a Sunshine Law request.

Under the agreement, the school’s insurance provider will pay $100,000 to Call
and Gentry law group, who received one-third of the award for representing
Overstreet.

The school denied any fault or liability in Wagner’s death.

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