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Lawyer: LAUSD playing ‘dirty’ in drowning lawsuit

The family of a Los Angeles Unified School District special needs student who drowned while on a school field trip said the district is playing dirty and trying to move the upcoming trial out of LA County. If the judge decides to allow the case to be heard somewhere other than LA, they worry they could lose witnesses to the miles. By John Cadiz Klemack, NBC4

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