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EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

Key Takeaways Frye Standards are more restrictive and require that testimony, ideas, and methods be generally accepted in the relevant professional community. Education experts satisfy Frye by relying on long-standing practices in the field. Daubert standards are more permissive, but expert testimony is subject to more rigorous scrutiny to ensure...

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...

Expert witnesses are often pivotal in helping plaintiff and defendant attorneys present compelling evidence or effectively rebut the opposition’s claims during liability cases brought against schools and other child—and youth-oriented agencies. Courts rely on experts to decode complex child education, supervision, and safety information. Therefore, expert witness qualifications and testimony...

Expert witness testimony admissibility disputes in court are an inherent possibility. Rule 702 is the base standard for testimony scrutiny, so plaintiff and defendant attorneys should clearly understand its criteria and nuances to suitably apply it to build their case, counter the opposition, or challenge incorrect applications of the rule. Let...

Schools have a duty to protect students, faculty, and staff from harm arising from acts of violence, such as school shootings, when the harm is reasonably foreseeable. However, schools are not built like fortresses, nor should they be. It is not the latest security technology, metal detectors, or an indoor...