A former Westmount school teacher has been awarded more than $1 million in a long legal battle with parents.

In 2005 the parents, Hagop Artinian and Kathryn Rosenstein sued teacher Mary Kanavaros of Roslyn School.



They accused her of behaviour that humiliated their child.

The two sides settled in 2008.

Part of the agreement was that neither side would comment publicly, however, the parents broke that agreement.

The teacher said she suffered major stress and stopped working because of it, and then sued the couple.



Kanavaros has been awarded just over $1 million from the parents for lost wages and damages.

The legal battle began in 2004, when then-nine-year-old Mathew Artinian told his parents that his teacher had humiliated him in front of his classmates.

Toward the end of the school year the boy's parents sued Kanavaros, Roslyn Elementary, and the English Montreal School Board for $155,000.

Even though Kanavaros wanted to fight the battle, in 2008 the EMSB decided to settle the case out of court in exchange for all parties agreeing not to discuss the terms of the settlement.

Artinian and Rosenstein agreed to the settlement, but immediately after, the pair spoke to media and made numerous remarks that were extremely critical of Kanavaros