WV Supreme Court resuscitates suit over principal confronting transgender student in bathroom

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has resuscitated the lawsuit that alleged continued harassment by a Liberty High assistant principal who earlier confronted a transgender boy for using the boys’ restroom.

“I’ve stayed in this fight because I want schools to be safer for trans kids who come after me,” the student, Michael Critchfield, said in a news release Thursday. “I’m doing this for them.”

In a Thursday ruling, the high court saved the case from its complete dismissal last year by Harrison County Circuit Court Judge Christopher McCarthy.

Chief Justice Evan Jenkins wrote Thursday’s opinion for the Supreme Court majority. Three of the four other justices partially concurred with and partially dissented from the majority.

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