Maner weeps after court upholds judgment against Fayette schools

The Kentucky Supreme Court declined Wednesday to review the Carol Lynne Maner sex-abuse case, letting stand a $3.7-million judgment against the Fayette County Public Schools.

No further avenue of appeal remains available to the school district, other than taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Maner, who received the news shortly after noon, said she spent much of the next hour in tears of relief.

“I haven’t been able to stop crying,” she said. “I didn’t expect to be quite so overwhelmed. But I got the news and in about 30 seconds I started weeping, and I’ve been weeping off and on for the last hour. It’s been almost eight years of litigation.”

Chuck Arnold, one of Maner’s attorneys on the case, said Wednesday’s high court decision spells vindication for his client.
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