— In Kentucky, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky affirmed the dismissal of a case brought against a school based upon qualified immunity. The lawsuit arose out of an incident in which a school employee on the security team attempted…
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Safety Law News for April 5, 2024
— In Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed a student’s adjudication of delinquency for possession of a handgun as second-time juvenile offender and possession of a weapon on school grounds. The court held that the search of the student conducted…
Safety Law News for March 20, 2024
— In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, affirmed a ruling that refused to dismiss a case involving the off-campus suicide of a student because school officials “failed to establish that (the student’s) suicide was not a reasonably foreseeable…
Safety Law News for March 11, 2024
— In Washington State, the Supreme Court of Washington affirmed that school officials violated the statutory procedural rights of a student by indefinitely suspending him. Administrators expelled the high school student on an emergency basis for violating its “gang contract,”…
Safety Law News for March 7, 2024
— In Kentucky, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky affirmed the application of qualified immunity in a case involving a student who while “in his fifth-period civics class, drank an alcoholic beverage from a water bottle” and when being taken…
Safety Law News for March 1, 2024
— In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida upheld the adjudication of a juvenile for “written threats to kill or do bodily harm,” in a case involving a social media message. The juvenile posted a violent image on…
Safety Law News for February 28, 2024
— In New Mexico, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico held that the actions of school officials leading up to the physical injury a student who returned to school after post-hip surgery fell within the waiver of immunity under…
Safety Law News for February 19, 2024
— In Michigan, the United States District Court held that school officials did not violate the rights of a student who was expelled after lying to her parents about bathroom searches that were conducted to deter vaping in schools. The…
Safety Law News for February 7, 2024
— In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina vacated the adjudication of a juvenile for violating state law that punishes students who “assault on a school employee and assault inflicting serious bodily injury for the same underlying…
Safety Law News for February 1, 2024
— In New Mexico, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico, reversed the lower court’s grant of immunity to school officials who allowed a student who returned to school after orthopedic surgery to participate in recess activities, contrary both to…