WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas military school is again asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by families of 11 former cadets alleging physical abuse.
Lawyers for St. John’s Military School in Salina filed a motion Wednesday seeking dismissal of the lawsuit or an order putting the dispute into arbitration.
The move is largely procedural since U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum denied a similar motion in June. The school says it renewed the request because four new cadets have since been added to the case and it wanted to preserve all legal issues for a potential appeal.
St. John’s has denied allegations that higher-ranking students were encouraged to discipline younger cadets, leading to abuse.
