EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Transportation Injury, Special Education, Student Rights, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
January 16, 2014

For schools, daycare centers, after-school programs, and camps, children with disabilities often present significant supervisory challenges. If these children’s needs are not adequately addressed and a child is seriously injured or killed, negligent supervision may be viewed as a proximate cause. But what constitutes reasonable supervision of children with behavioral...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Liability Section 1983, School Management, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security, School Transportation Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights, Title IX, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
October 24, 2013

School negligence cases involving teachers, coaches, camp counselors, bus drivers, and other personnel resulting in injury to a child are ever-present in the news. Negligence that results in sexual abuse, death, injury, and sports accidents all present opportunities for costly negligence claims that may entail large settlements or grave jury...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Harassment, Personal Injury, School Negligence Lawsuit, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights, Title IX
March 7, 2013

Wherever there are public and private schools and organizations that provide activities for children, there are stories about school sexual harassment and abuse. In West Virginia, a fifth-grade teacher started a “sex club” with some of her students. She brought them to her home to “teach” them, by demonstration, about...

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