Ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of children is paramount. School Liability Expert Group is an expert witness and consultation company that offers reliable and individualized services to plaintiff and defendant attorneys, parents, schools, and other child and youth-oriented agencies throughout the United States and Canada. Our team comprises court-qualified education administration and supervision experts with diversified experience in school and agency matters. Our specialties include personnel hiring, screening, and supervision; accidents and child injury; sexual abuse and harassment; special education programs and services; and school evaluation in custody matters.
We invite you to explore our education expert blog where we share a wealth of knowledge accumulated over several years of extensive work in the education liability field. We have worked with hundreds of law firms reviewing and analyzing cases, providing expert testimonies in courts, and compiling comprehensive reports.
Schools and agencies have sought our help in reviewing and refining their management systems to meet the industry’s best professional standards of care and prevent litigation issues. We have conducted staff training and presentations on safety and compliance matters. Parents have enlisted our help in reviewing schools’ special education and child custody matters, finding the best school placements for their children, and initiating lawsuits against agencies.
Whether you are an attorney, school, agency, parent, or simply interested in education liability matters, our education expert blog is your ultimate resource for understanding education law changes, children and youth rights, and other relevant news. Our knowledge and expertise in this unique industry are unparalleled and we take pride in the processes we have developed.
Discover expert opinions, insights, and case studies on issues prevalent in the field of education administration and supervision, including school shootings, sexual assault, school accidents, bullying, harassment, student violence, student discipline, child supervision, and safety, staff hiring and supervision, school management, school equipment maintenance, school transportation-related injuries, and more. Explore our blog today!
Daycare Negligence,
Education Expert,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Safety & Security,
School Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Special Education,
Standard of Professional Care,
Uncategorized
November 17, 2016
Schools, after-school programs, summer camps, sunday schools, daycares and other agencies that supervise children are responsible for student safety of children in their care. Failing to apply the same attention to ensuring that non-licensed individuals, such as volunteers, meet the same standards as teachers and other paid staff can place...
Protection of the health, safety, and well-being of children who participate in recreational activities at a summer camp, summer school program, or community and private recreation centers should be the standard operating procedure of all those who provide these services. The standard of care owed to children who participate in...
Campus Sexual Assault,
College Sexual Violence,
Education Expert,
Harassment,
Personal Injury,
School Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Title IX
June 22, 2016
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program, including in colleges and universities, if those programs or activities associated with the institution receive federal funding. Under Title IX, sex discrimination includes sexual...
Child/Student Supervision,
Daycare Negligence,
Education Expert,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Police Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Special Education,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Uncategorized,
Wrongful Death
May 12, 2016
Some of our most vulnerable children are relegated to a life away from parents, family, and their school to live where other adults take the place of their parents and are responsible for their custody or care - legally defined as in loco parentis. This occurs when children are placed...
Education Expert,
Governmental Immunity,
Harassment,
Harassment/Bullying,
Hazing,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Sports Injury,
Sexual Harassment,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Title IX,
Wrongful Death
March 17, 2016
Nationwide, 7.6 million students participate in interscholastic athletics, according to U.S. News and World Report. Keeping them safe is critically important to avoid school liability and sports injury lawsuits. And when sports injury occurs, schools may be found responsible if they failed to take reasonable precautions and supervision of students...
As difficult as it might be to accept and understand, abuse of children is occurring at an alarming rate in our nation’s schools, daycare centers, camps, and other institutions. Even with state laws that require child abuse reporting and institutional policies that address sexual abuse prevention, identification, and reporting, abuse...
Bullying,
Campus Sexual Assault,
College Sexual Violence,
Education Expert,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
School Gun Violence,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Management,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Police Violence,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Violence,
Wrongful Death
January 19, 2016
In the wake of recent incidences of gun violence, school safety and security has become an increasingly pressing concern in the United States and Canada. Schools, summer camps, daycare centers, and other agencies charged with the safety of children have a duty to protect them, and their ability to do...
Bullying,
Child/Student Supervision,
Daycare Negligence,
Education Expert,
Harassment/Bullying,
Hazing,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Sports Injury,
School Transportation Injury,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Special Education,
Standard of Professional Care,
Student Rights,
Title IX,
Wrongful Death
November 24, 2015
Risk of personal injury to children is reduced when activities, facilities, equipment, personnel, and supervision are brought into compliance with “standards.” There are several sources of standards. Some standards are mandated by law through statutes. Additional standards are set forth by oversight authorities, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics,...
504 accomodation,
504 plan,
Child/Student Supervision,
Critical Health Condition,
Daycare Negligence,
Education Expert,
Governmental Immunity,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Sports Injury,
School Transportation Injury,
Special Education,
Student Rights,
Wrongful Death
October 20, 2015
Many school-aged children have medical conditions about which teachers, nurses, and others who are responsible for their health, safety, and well-being should know. If not addressed in the right way by administrators, teachers, or other officials, these conditions can result in a catastrophic incident, student injury and not to mention...
Child/Student Supervision,
Daycare Negligence,
Education Expert,
Governmental Immunity,
Harassment,
Harassment/Bullying,
Hazing,
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Private Schools,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Police Violence,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Transportation Injury,
School Violence,
Sexual Abuse,
Sexual Harassment,
Special Education,
Student Rights,
Wrongful Death
September 16, 2015
In my profession as an education administration and student supervision expert, I have observed that residential schools and boarding schools present a higher duty than day schools to supervise children and a greater opportunity for the school to be found liable for child abuse and injury. When children are living...
Injury of Special Education Students,
Personal Injury,
Restraint and Seclusion at Schools,
School Liability Section 1983,
School Negligence Lawsuit,
School Police Violence,
School Premises Liability,
School Safety & Security,
School Sports Injury,
School Violence,
Student Rights,
Uncategorized,
Wrongful Death
July 23, 2015
The first responsibility of educators and those who supervise children in residential programs, day care centers, before- and after-school programs, and other settings is to make sure that these programs foster learning and care in a safe environment. Asking third graders to move a cart with a heavy TV on...
