— In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division reversed the dismissal of an injury case, sending it back to trial on the issue of the failure of the school to properly supervise its students. The injury occurred when the…
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Safety Law News for July 2, 2024
— In Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals upheld the validity of hate speech provisions in a public school dress code. The issue arose when school district officials enforced the dress code to prevent students in two middle schools…
Safety Law News for June 27, 2024
— In Missouri the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed that school officials were liable for the injuries of a student who was struck by a passing car after unloading from a school bus. The incident occurred when a substitute driver,…
Safety Law News for June 19, 2024
— In North Carolina, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed that a student’s statement to a group of fellow students that he was going to “shoot up the school” was not protected speech under the First Amendment of…
Safety Law News for June 17, 2024
— In Arizona, the Court of Appeals of Arizona affirmed the conviction of a teacher of sexual exploitation of a minor based upon the “evidence found on (his) laptop computer” at school. The search of the computer occurred when a…
Safety Law News for June 14, 2024
— In Louisiana, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana affirmed the liability of school officials and the school board in a case involving the failure to intervene in a student-on-student assault. The incident involved a pattern of sexual assaults in which…
Safety Law News for June 10, 2024
— In New York, the United States District Court held that school officials did not infringe on the First Amendment free speech rights of a student when they disciplined him for an off-campus posting on Snapchat. The case arose out…
Safety Law News for June 3, 2024
— In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division affirmed the conviction of a student of assault in second and third degrees, arising out of incident in which a 19 year old, employed as a custodian, fired a school resource…
Safety Law News for May 28, 2024
— In Ohio, the Court of Appeals of Ohio affirmed the ruling of a trial court that individual school employees were “not entitled to immunity as a matter of law” for injuries to students. The affirmance involved a case of…
Safety Law News for May 13, 2024
— In Illinois, the Appellate Court of Illinois, upheld the adjudication of a student for “driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs, namely cannabis” in violation of state law. The student was found with a “skinny, white, rolled” object in…