Roslyn teacher awarded over $1 million in legal dispute with couple

    A legal battle that escalated when parents violated a deal not to comment on an out-of-court-settlement has led to more pain as Justice Francois Duprat has ordered Hagop Artinian and Kathryn Rosenstein to pay $1.012,327, plus an additional $13,000 in legal fees to former Roslyn School teacher Mary Kanavaros.
   The conflict began when the parents Artinian and Rosenstein sued teacher Mary Kanavaros for what they said was beahviour that humiliated and intimidated their child in 2005.
   Both sides settled in 2008.
   Part of the deal was that neither side would comment on the issue but the parents made the mistake of telling a journalist that they felt vindicated by the decision.
    The teacher suffered major stress and stopped working and sued the couple - represented by Julius Grey - for slander in 2010.
   Kanavaros was awarded $234,000, partly due to lost wages.
   The parents attempted to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
    In January 2013 Kanavaros sued for almost $1 million more.
    And yesterday she was awarded $912,327 for lost wages and a $100,000 for damages.
   I don't know if that amount is on top of the $234,000 ruling previously decided, but either way it's a pretty solid pile of cash.