Tag: negligence

Safety Law News for September 24, 2024

— In New Mexico, the United States District Court refused to dismiss claims brought by parents of a student who alleged that “when she was a fourteen-year-old freshman…a senior student …raped her.”  The gist of several claims is that “the…

Safety Law News for August 29, 2024

— In Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia denied immunity for school officials after a ten year old student, getting off his school bus, was hit by a car as he was crossing the street.  The student alleged negligence…

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 1st, 2020

— In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida held that parents of a student killed in the campus shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School could not sue the shooter’s mental health provider for negligence.  The court ruled…