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EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

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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Bullying, Education Expert, Harassment, Harassment/Bullying, Personal Injury, School Management, Student Rights
October 24, 2013

Bullying Legal Standards Over the last several years, U.S. states have enacted laws that require public schools to develop policies and procedures to stop bullying.  New Jersey may have the toughest anti-bullying law in the nation, requiring schools to include in their policies that a teacher can be disciplined for not...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Liability Section 1983, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security, School Transportation Injury, Wrongful Death
September 11, 2013

The death of a child is always emotionally difficult for parents, relatives, and caretakers. Often, an allegation arises that the death resulted from the negligence or misconduct of the person responsible the safety of the child.  In wrongful death lawsuits against schools and agencies determining the merit of such an...

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Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Liability Section 1983, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security, School Transportation Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
August 14, 2013

A school’s duty to protect its students from harm doesn’t begin and end when the bell rings in the morning and afternoon. Transporting students safely to and from school is an important consideration in a school’s risk portfolio. This area, however, is highly nuanced, and it’s not always immediately clear...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Harassment, Harassment/Bullying, Personal Injury, School Liability Section 1983, School Management, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security, School Transportation Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Special Education, Student Rights, Title IX, Wrongful Death
July 10, 2013

Schools have a duty to protect students from harm, including the harm inflicted or created by its own staff. While acts by a staff member resulting in injury to a student generally fit into the category of negligence, a teacher or an administrator as a state actor can generate a...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Management, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security
June 6, 2013

As we approach summer, many children look forward to graduation or summer camp, or are excited about building memories and finishing the school year with exciting field trips and proms. Few schools and camps, however, consider the liability that might stem from relaxed rules, “summer fever,” and hastily organized activities....

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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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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, School Negligence Lawsuit, School Safety & Security
February 13, 2013

School Negligence Lawsuits and Appropriate Supervision of Children Many of the school negligence lawsuits for which Education Management Consulting, LLC, provides consultation and expert witness testimony involve the question of whether a school or agency provided appropriate supervision of children when someone under its care was injured. The question asked by...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights
October 9, 2012

Former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced this week to 30 to 60 years in prison. The sentence essentially guaranteed that the 68-year-old Sandusky would die in prison.   Sandusky, the jury determined, had abused 10 boys — all of them from disadvantaged homes. Sandusky used his connections to...

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