Tag: campus safety

Safety Law News for December 3, 2025

— In Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that the juvenile court has the authority to divert juvenile cases involving weapons possession on campus to a program in order to “avoid attaching to juveniles the stigma of a…

Safety Law News for December 2, 2025

— In Nevada, the Nevada Supreme Court interpreted “education record” as that term is used in FERPA and Nevada privacy laws to “exclude materials informally created in the ordinary course of business that a school possesses.”  The case arose out…

Safety Law News for November 28, 2025

— In Louisiana, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana reversed the dismissal of a case involving a student who was injured during an after-school joyriding incident in the campus parking lot. The appellate court reversed because the school breached the…

Safety Law News for November 14, 2025

— In Louisiana, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana reversed the dismissal of a case involving a teacher who was “suddenly and violently attacked by minor child… who was a third grade student at the school.”  The injuries arose out…

Safety Law News for November 7, 2025

— In Indiana, the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed the conviction of a person who sent a Snapchat direct message “now that I’ve showered and washed my sins away I can go and shoot up a preschool.”  The prosecution…

Safety Law News for November 6, 2025

— In Mississippi, the Supreme Court of Mississippi, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the family “of a school resource officer, who was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic in course of his employment.”  The…

Safety Law News for October 31, 2025

— In Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the arrest and conviction of a person who “refused to leave the school as directed to by police.”  The dispute arose when the person  went to the school “to speak to…

Safety Law News for October 21, 2025

— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the denial of immunity to school officials for the failure to maintain a safe learning environment.  The case arose from a sexual assault on campus that occurred during an after-school program…

Safety Law News for October 17, 2025

— In Ohio, the Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed the adjudication of a student for possessing “a deadly weapon in a school zone,” discovered by a non-sworn SRO “while performing a hand-held wand scan and pat down of his person…

Safety Law News for October 14, 2025

— In North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals denied immunity to school officials arising out of the sexual assault of a student who participated in an after-school program by an outside organization that rented the school facility.  The…