In the fall of 2014, the plaintiff, 15, a sophomore student at Los Altos High School, was inappropriately touched by her chemistry teacher, David Park, while on campus. The molestations progressed to the point that Park arranged to meet the student at a discount store near the school and drove her to his condominium, where he also sexually abused her. The student ultimately disclosed the abuse to another teacher. In October 2015, Park pleaded guilty to oral copulation of a person under 16 and committing a lewd act on a child as a result of the molestation of the teenage student and another female former student. Two months later, Pomona Superior Court Commissioner Wade Olson sentenced Park to three years in prison. Park was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life, to stay away from the victims for 10 years, and to pay restitution. The 15-year-old student sued Park; Park’s employer, the Hacienda La Puente School District; and the principal who oversaw the campus and Park, Cheli McReynolds. Park, now 40 and a resident of Chino Hills, has been released from prison. He was ultimately dismissed from the case in order to prevent him from cross-examining the plaintiff. However, he admitted during trial that he abused the plaintiff, despite being aware that it was against the school district’s policy to have a relationship with a student or touch a pupil inappropriately. The plaintiff testified that Park was her biology teacher during her freshman year and her chemistry teacher during her sophomore year. She claimed that they began texting during the summer of 2014 and that the texting gradually became sexual in nature and led to the molestations and further sexual abuse. Plaintiff’s counsel contended that there were many red flags, including Park being alone, one-on-one, with the plaintiff on multiple occasions and school officials discovering that Park was soliciting sex on an adult dating website. Counsel asserted that despite the red flags, the school district failed to act on them. Thus, plaintiff’s counsel suggested that the school district and McReynolds be apportioned 75 percent of the liability, and that Park be apportioned 25 percent of the liability. Defense counsel contended that the school and district administrators did not ignore signs that the plaintiff was being abused. Thus, counsel argued that at least 90 percent of the liability should be assessed against Park., The 15-year-old student was molested (sexually assaulted) during her sophomore year of high school. She was then transferred to William Workman High School, in City of Industry, during her junior year and eventually graduated. However, she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has subsequently been in therapy. The plaintiff’s child psychiatry expert testified regarding the lifelong effects of childhood sex abuse and opined that the plaintiff would be impacted for the rest of her life as a result of the abuse. Thus, plaintiff’s counsel recommended that the jury award the plaintiff up to $65.5 million in damages. Defense counsel contended that although the plaintiff suffered emotionally and experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, she progressed in overcoming her inner turmoil by pursuing a normal relationship via an online dating site and attending community college. Thus, defense counsel recommended that the plaintiff only be awarded a maximum amount of $650,000.