— 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…
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Safety Law News for September 26, 2025
— In California, the United States District Court ruled that a special needs student could not assert a Fourth Amendment claim for “the warrantless search and seizure of the information” shared with police when he was arrested on campus. The…
Safety Law News for September 19, 2025
— In Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, affirmed the denial of immunity for educators in a case involving a student-on-student assault. The lawsuit arose out of an incident in which “three minor students (two male, one female) …were enrolled…
Safety Law News for September 5, 2025
— In Mississippi, the Supreme Court of Mississippi denied immunity to a school district in a case involving the assault and battery of a student by a school bus driver. The allegations state that the student “was sexually battered by…
Safety Law News for August 22, 2025
— In Texas, the United States District Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a parent who was arrested for failing to comply with school policy on student drop-offs. The incident occurred when a school resource officer (SRO) enforced the policy…
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…