A judge has dismissed much of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a Fall River Public Schools safety officer against the school department and several school officials.

In a decision filed May 5, Bristol County Superior Court Judge Thomas Perrino said school safety officer Carla Cruz let the statute of limitations run out on claims that two coworkers propositioned her for sex, offered her drugs and groped her, and that school officials were negligent in investigating this.

Charges against a third coworker were not dismissed.

Cruz filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in July 2025, and on Oct. 9 filed a civil lawsuit in Superior Court seeking $10 million and a jury trial for “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”

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