— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled on appeal that a school district’s decision to expel a public high school student, based on his act of posting violent song lyrics to social media, outside of school hours and…
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Safety Law News for March 23, 2022
— In Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals, affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to an administrator and a school resource officer in an excessive force lawsuit brought by a high school student. The student was forcibly removed from…
Safety Laws News for March 18, 2022
— In Texas, the Court of Appeals of Texas, ruled that school districts in the state did not have to comply with the executive order of the Governor which prohibited local governmental entities and officials from requiring face coverings in…
Safety Law News for March 14, 2022
— In Colorado, Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that a school resource officer violated the rights of a student by seizing and searching the student after receiving a tip that the student had been seen firing a gun in a…
Safety Law News for March 4, 2022
— In New York, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a student who alleged that the school failed to notify law enforcement and other appropriate local agencies of sexual abuse by a…
Safety Law News for March 1, 2022
— In New York, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a student who alleged that the school failed to notify law enforcement and other appropriate local agencies of sexual abuse by a…
Safety Law News For February 23, 2022
— In New York, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, affirmed a lawsuit brought by a student who alleged that the school failed to notify law enforcement and other appropriate local agencies of sexual abuse by a teacher. …
Safety Law News for February 16, 2022
In Georgia, the United States District Court, ruled that in the school setting, “bystander liability” for Fourth Amendment violations may be applied to school officials who witness an unreasonably long detention in a school setting. A high school administrator was…
Safety Law News for February 9, 2022
– In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that a School District’s decision to expel a student for posting violent song lyrics on Snapchat violated his constitutionally protected right to free speech. The School District expelled in the belief…
Safety Law News for February 4, 2022
— In Indiana, the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by parents of a elementary school child who was mistakenly told to walk home from school rather than ride the school bus…