Tag: immunity

Safety Law News for November 22, 2024

— In Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled that a teacher/high school basketball coach, who was charged with second degree murder after a student died during practice, was not entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution under Georgia School…

Safety Law News for September 22, 2015

In California, the Court of Appeal ruled that school officials have the authority to ask a school resource officer to search a student based upon reasonable suspicion. In the case a combination of facts created reasonable suspicion, including the student…

Safety Law News for September 18, 2015

The United States Court of Appeals has ruled that school officials have qualified immunity when accessing a student’s social-networking account upon receiving information that the student sent threatening online messages to another student, where those remarks concerned school activities and…