HILO, Hawaii (AP) - A Kamehameha Schools lawsuit against an unidentified non-Native Hawaiian boy, his mother and their former attorney has been resolved with a $1.4 million settlement.
Trustees for Kamehameha, private schools which gives admissions preference to Native Hawaiian students, filed the lawsuit in 2008 in state Circuit Court in Hilo. The lawsuit argued a lawyer representing the boy and his mother violated a confidentiality agreement by revealing the amount the school paid the family to settle a lawsuit they filed over the school's admissions policy.
In 2007, former attorney John Goemans told the media the school paid them $7 million.
Trustees announced the settlement for $1 million plus $400,000 in legal fees and costs on Monday.
As part of the agreement, the family apologized to Kamehameha Schools.
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