The level of care that a teacher would have used in a certain circumstance to protect a child from injury.
What is reasonable care
100
When the plaintiff has been wronged, but has not been able to show actual damages.
What is nominal damage
100
When students add to a negligent situation
What is contributory negligence
100
Causing a teacher or student's reputation to be ruined.
What is impairment of reputation
100
School officials violated students' rights to liberty in situations where teachers were hired who later injured students
What is Section 1983
200
The duty of any school faculty member to care about serious situations to protect students.
What is duty of care
200
Ones being entitled to attorney's fees if they achieved success on any significant issue during a court case.
What is the prevailing party
200
deciding who was more negligent in the situation
What is comparative negligence
200
mental pain caused after a traumatic injury or event.
What is mental anguish and suffering
200
states cannot be blamed for their employees
What is governmental immunity
300
The exact reason that something happened.
What is proximate cause
300
When defendants have shown malice, fraud, or reckless disregard for an injured person's safety or rights.
What is punitive damage
300
Jodeen was working on a project in shop class when she trying to get a piece of wood out of an operating machine with her hands. She severed tow fingers and sued for negligence.
What is Miles v School District No. 138 of Cheyenne County
300
when the school system hires an employee that is known to be unfit and puts others at risk of harm
What is negligent hiring
300
Law that forbids from suing the state under the age discrimination in employment act
What is sovereign immunity
400
The court case regarding a class field trip where a boy was beaten by boys not connected to the school. The teacher was not present.
What is the Mancha case.
400
Compensating losses: medical, lost salary, provable costs due to negligence.
What is compensatory damage
400
A student fell from a device he had made to help him fly for his part in the play Peter Pan. He sued for negligence but the courts claimed this kind of negligence.
What is contributory negligence
400
The act of embarrassing yourself in front of others
What is personal humiliation
400
obligation that everyone meets at rational times to discuss issues with the school board
What is the good faith standard
500
A court case that included a boy getting injured on school grounds after school hours. The playground was not locked.
What is Bartell v Palos Verdes Peninsula School District
500
Court case regarding Puerto Rican college students who were expelled from school for 12 days improperly.
What is Perez v Rodriguez Bou
500
In this court case a 9 year old girl in Louisiana jumped from a merry go round and broke her leg while at recess.
What is Rollins v Concordia Parish School Board
500
Negligent teaching that injures a student intellectually or psychologically
What is educational malpractice
500
In Maryland a school district are required by law to to fund any verdict against a school employee in any case of negligence
What is Board of Education of Prince George's County v Marks-Sloan