Parents sue Youngstown school district and bus driver

YOUNGSTOWN —A recently filed lawsuit says a girl experienced pain and suffering and permanent scarring and incurred medical bills when she struck her head on a school bus window and injured her left eyebrow area.

Damon and Alisha Dumas, of East High Avenue, sued the city school district and its bus driver, listed as Ray Doe (last name unknown), concerning the incident involving their daughter, Diamond U. Dumas.

According to the suit, the girl was injured due to the driver’s negligence on Oct. 30, 2007, while the bus was being driven in the North Elementary School parking lot.

The suit, which seeks more than $125,000 in damages and demands a jury trial, was filed Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

The school board’s lawyer, Ted Roberts, said the suit would be referred to the board’s insurance company for investigation and defense. The case is assigned to Judge James C. Evans.