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Judge Shelves Parents’ Case Against Seville School in Sandra Peña Suicide

The ruling cites a missing causal link under Spanish duty-of-care rules focused on foreseeability.

Overview

  • The Seville investigating court provisionally closed the parents’ complaint Thursday, adopting the minors’ prosecutor’s view that the school’s omissions did not cause the death.
  • The judge said the school failed to formally trigger anti-bullying or suicide-risk protocols but did separate the girls, assign staff contacts, and coordinate with Sandra’s psychologist.
  • The decision stresses that many alleged bullying incidents occurred off campus and that Sandra died outside school hours, so the school’s duty to watch her did not extend there.
  • Sandra’s parents said they will appeal and pointed to the autopsy, which they say noted fresh cuts and a 0.59 blood alcohol result on the day she died.
  • The school’s foundation welcomed the archive as validation of its actions, with the juvenile case against three classmates still active and a regional administrative review paused.