Tag: student assault

Safety Law News for January 3, 2022

— In Maryland, the United States District Court, refused to dismiss a case brought by parents of students who were assaulted in the school’s locker room as a part of a hazing ritual known as “brooming.”  The court ruled that…

Safety Law News for October 23, 2020

— In Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed the adjudication of a student for simple assault.  The student was defying the authority of an administrator and said to the school resource officer, “F__, no. I ain’t going nowhere…

Safety Law News for June 5, 2019.

In Mississippi, the United States District Court held that a former student’s threatened acts of violence against a high school were not protected speech under First Amendment.  The court upheld the conviction after threats against a local High School were…

Safety Law News for May 29, 2019.

In Connecticut, the United States District Court held that an educator does not become an agent of police when he telephones local police, informs them about a threatening e-mail, and thereafter responds to police inquiries by giving them information about…