$15M Settlement in Los Alamitos School Negligence Case
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Case Background
A lawsuit against the Los Alamitos Unified School District and an individual Defendant, Bharathiraja Natarajan, concluded with a confidential settlement rather than a jury verdict. Allison Balos, a minor represented by her Guardian ad Litem, Samuel Balos, originally filed the civil complaint on June 23, 2022, in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange. The case revolved around allegations of negligence and the harm the young Plaintiff sustained while under the Defendants’ care or supervision. The parties reached a final agreement, and the Court received the formal Notice of Settlement on March 19, 2025, bringing the litigation to a close before a jury rendered a decision.
Cause
The central claim of the lawsuit was negligence. The Plaintiff’s legal team asserted that the Defendants, including the School District and Mr. Natarajan, failed in their duty to exercise reasonable care, which directly resulted in Allison Balos's injuries. The complaint claimed that the Defendants' negligence created an unsafe situation or environment where the young Plaintiff suffered harm that should have been preventable. The legal action sought to hold the public entity and the individual responsible for the consequences of their alleged lapse in standard care and diligence toward the minor.
Injury
The complaint detailed a serious range of lasting effects and injuri
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