Italian Family Sues New York Boarding School After Son’s Suicide
‘UNSPEAKABLE’
Claudio Mandia died just days before his 18th birthday, after being expelled and placed in what his parents called “solitary confinement” over an act of academic dishonesty.
The devastated family of an Italian teenager who died by suicide at a private boarding school in New York state is accusing the school of causing his wrongful death, alleging in a new lawsuit that their son’s time in “solitary confinement” there, among other avoidable factors, contributed to the tragedy....