Nearly a dozen families are suing the Huron Valley School District, a staffing company, and multiple school employees after a substitute teacher was convicted in the spring of sexually assaulting elementary school students.
Attorney Ven Johnson announced the filing of the civil suit on Monday on behalf of 11 families. According to Johnson, the assaults involved 10 children, while contact with an 11th person, who is now an adult, happened in 2016 at a sleepover.
The complaint alleges that multiple district employees failed to report suspected child abuse of Timothy Daugherty, 61, who was a substitute at Spring Mills Elementary in the Huron Valley School District. According to the complaint, beginning in 2019 at the school, Daugherty would allegedly hug students from behind and place his h