– In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida, reversed the denial of a petition for a risk protection order requested by a school resource officer who stopped a student in possession of a firearm on school grounds. Inexplicably,…
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Safety Law News for June 20, 2023
– In Missouri, the Missouri Court of Appeals applied immunity to dismiss a lawsuit against a school district brought by a former student who was sexually assaulted on school grounds by a classmate while attending the school. Applying state law,…
Safety Law News for June 15, 2023
– In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division affirmed the refusal by the lower court to dismiss a case brought by parents of a child who was injured during the school recess period. The court, ruled that “(s)chools are…
Safety Law News for June 12, 2023
– In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by former students of a former teacher who sexually abused them over a period of years. The teacher took only male students with him…
Safety Law News for June 2, 2023
– In Missouri, the Missouri Court of Appeals rejected a First Amendment defense by a student who told his middle school classmates that he would shoot up girls’ basketball game, “cut the cameras,” and “kill people.” In affirming the adjudication…
Safety Law News for May 30, 2023
– In New Jersey, the United States District Court dismissed the lawsuit of a student who, “continued to go to school without a clear backpack” in violation of school policy. In upholding the school policy, the court stated that the…
Safety Law News for May 12, 2023
– In California, the California Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a student who was shot in the head by a gun brought to his seventh grade science class by a fellow student. The lawsuit…
Safety Law News for May 9, 2023
– In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed the trial court’s decision to allow a school district to remove an employee after he went public with criticism of how educators were falling down on their legal obligations to special…
Safety Law News for May 2, 2023
– In Texas, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the school discipline meted out to a student athlete, who was suspended from the school football team for an Internet posting containing a racially-charged term to a student from a…
Safety Law News for April 21, 2023
– In the Virgin Islands, the United States District Court, ruled that “the area within 1,000 feet of the school grounds is within the scope of sensitive places;…the presence of large numbers of children either at school or traveling to…