Author: Bernie James

Safety Law News for June 22, 2022

— In Alabama, the Supreme Court of Alabama, refused to dismiss a case brought against a county school board for “negligence, wantonness, and negligent or wanton hiring” of a high school principal who assaulted a student.  The court ruled that…

Safety Law News for June 17, 2022

— In Colorado, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the adjudication of a student for possessing a handgun as a second-time juvenile offender and possessing a weapon on school grounds.  The court rejected the argument of the student that the…

Safety Law News for June 14, 2022

— In Tennessee, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee reversed and dismissed a personal injury case brought by a student who was struck in the eye by a mechanical pencil while attending a sponsored after- school program.  A classmate was…

Safety Law News for June 6, 2022

— In California, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the order of wardship of a 13 year-old student who was found with a gun in his backpack at school.  The appellate court agreed with the student that under California law…

Safety Law News for June 1, 2022

— In Illinois, the Appellate Court of Illinois reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded for trial a lawsuit brought by parents of a 10-year-old whose fingers were amputated by a roller gate fence at the elementary school…

Safety Law News for May 24, 2022

— In California, the United States District Court upheld the decision of school officials to deny a student the opportunity to walk at his graduation ceremony as a result of his online behavior.  The student, while on the school’s campus…

Safety Law News for May 20, 2022

— In Tennessee, the United States Court of Appeals reversed dismissals of cases brought under Title IX by two students for student-on-student sexual harassment.  In separate incidents at different schools the students were assaulted, video-taped, and made to experience a…

Safety Law News for May 18, 2022

— In California, the California Court of Appeal, held that the pre-season sports release/waiver, signed by a student and his parents, expressly barred the student from recovering for injuries in a school sponsored football game.  The court reasoned that the…

Safety Law News for April 29, 2022

— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the decision by school officials to deny a new student permission to attend school in-person.  The school required the student to participate in remote-learning because he was expelled for possessing a…