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Preliminary agreement reached in Southborough Wi-Fi lawsuit

Parents said school's Wi-Fi made son sick

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Preliminary agreement reached in Southborough Wi-Fi lawsuit
Parents said school's Wi-Fi made son sick
A preliminary agreement has been reached in the case of a couple who claimed the Wi-Fi at their son’s private Massachusetts school made the boy sick.The parents, referred to as Mother and Father in the complaint, said their 12-year-old son, a student at the Fay School in Southborough, suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome, a condition aggravated by electromagnetic radiation. The condition causes headaches, nosebleeds, nausea, and other symptoms.The sides "reached an agreement that may eliminate the need for an injunction," according to a joint filing submitted to U.S. District Court, the Telegram reported. No details about the agreement were made available.The family had asked that the school switch to Ethernet cable Internet, turn down the Wi-Fi signal in the boy's classroom, or make some other accommodation. The suit sought $250,000 in damages.In 2014, the school hired company Isotrope, LLC, to analyze the radio communication signals and emissions."Isotrope’s assessment was completed in January 2015 and found that the combined levels of access point emissions, broadcast radio and television signals, and other RFE emissions on campus 'were substantially less than 1/10,000th of the applicable safety limits (federal and state)," the school said in a statement. 

A preliminary agreement has been reached in the case of a couple who claimed the Wi-Fi at their son’s private Massachusetts school made the boy sick.

The parents, referred to as Mother and Father in the complaint, said their 12-year-old son, a student at the Fay School in Southborough, suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome, a condition aggravated by electromagnetic radiation. The condition causes headaches, nosebleeds, nausea, and other symptoms.

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The sides "reached an agreement that may eliminate the need for an injunction," according to a joint filing submitted to U.S. District Court, the Telegram reported. No details about the agreement were made available.

The family had asked that the school switch to Ethernet cable Internet, turn down the Wi-Fi signal in the boy's classroom, or make some other accommodation. The suit sought $250,000 in damages.

In 2014, the school hired company Isotrope, LLC, to analyze the radio communication signals and emissions.

"Isotrope’s assessment was completed in January 2015 and found that the combined levels of access point emissions, broadcast radio and television signals, and other RFE emissions on campus 'were substantially less than 1/10,000th of the applicable safety limits (federal and state)," the school said in a statement.