— In New Mexico, the New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the finding of liability against a school district that failed to follow its own procedures for maintaining a safe learning environment. The record contains the facts that the parent…
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Safety Law News for August 14, 2025
— In New York, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a case brought by a teacher for injuries received while in the classroom. The case arose when “a teacher at a middle school was assaulted by a…
Safety Law News for August 7, 2025
— In Texas, the Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed a lower court ruling that did not allow a school district to terminate a teacher for use of force in the classroom toward a student. The incident out of which…
Safety Law News for August 6, 2025
— In New Mexico, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico reversed the dismissal of a case involving the search of a student’s backpack. The appellate court reversed the trial court because the search, conducted by a school resource officer,…
Safety Law News for August 5, 2025
— In Illinois, the United States District Court, dismissed the lawsuit of a student who asserted the First Amendment to protect comments “sent from her cellphone, off school grounds, and outside school hours.” School officials gave the student “a ten-day…
Safety Law News for July 11, 2025
— In Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a case in favor of school resource officers who intervened in a school incident with physicality. The school resource officers came upon a “commotion and moved to…
Safety Law News for June 26, 2025
— In Illinois, the Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the decision of school officials of a private high school to “to expel students who were found to be responsible for offensive and divisive social media accounts.” The students used social…
Safety Law News for June 23, 2025
— In New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals, affirmed the dismissal of a student injury case brought by parents who alleged that a teacher used excessive force against their child. The incident involved a “teacher … setting the…
Safety Law News for June 16, 2025
— In California, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a jury award for $1 million in damages to a student who – the jury found – was injured when the school “negligently failed to protect her from other students’ bullying.” …
Safety Law News for June 11, 2025
— In New York, the United States District Court upheld the decision of school officials to suspend and arrest a student “for the crime of Falsely Reporting an Incident.” The decision to suspend and arrest arose after another “student (while…