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The position when you are legally responsible for the decisions you make.
What is liable?
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These laws permit the judge or jury to compare the faults of the plaintiff and the defendant in the situation and reduce the award in proportion to the plaintiff's fault.
What is comparative negligence?
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This award compensates injured persons for their actual losses, including their medical expenses, lost salary, and other provable costs as a result of the defendant's negligence.
What is compensatory damages?
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Award meant to punish defendant for wrongdoing, typically given when defendant shows malice, fraud, or reckless disregard in their actions.
What is punitive damages?
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A small symbolic award, where the plaintiff has been wronged, but is unable to show actual damages.
What is nominal damages?
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Common-law theory which holds that since the state and its agencies are sovereign, they cannot be held liable for the negligence of their employees (that cannot be used as a teacher's defense against negligence).
What is governmental immunity?
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In the case Miles v. Sch. Dist. No. 138 of Cheyenne County, 281 N.W.2d 396 (Neb. 1979), a high school student severed her fingers in shop class after safety instructions have been given. She lost the case on this principle that makes it so teachers aren't responsible for student negligence.
What is contributory negligence?
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In the case Eisel v. Bd. of Educ. of Montgomery County, 597 A.2d 447 (Md. 1991) Two counselors were sued when a girl committed suicide after her talking with the counselor. The counselors dropped the issue when they couldn't find proof. They were found at fault because the neglected this.
What is duty of care?
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In the case Sheehan v. St. Peter's Catholic Sch., 188 N.W.2d 868 (Minn. 1971), A teacher had her physical education class wait outside while she went in to get something. A group of boys began throwing rocks at the girls and despite their protests wouldn't stop. One of these girls was injured by a rock and sued the school. The court concluded that the degree of care a teacher of ordinary prudence would use under like circumstances, which is defined as this.
What is reasonable care?
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Part of the Civil Rights Act that makes school districts liable for violating a student's constitutional right only when employees with authority act under an official policy, practice, or custom that shows deliberate indifference to an individual's constitutional rights.
What is Section 1983
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In the case Leja v. Community Unit School District 300, 2012 IL App (2d) 120156, a high school student sued her school district after cranking a volleyball crank. It snap back and hit her, injuring her. The case was dismissed because the plaintiff couldn't prove the principle that the district acted with intention or the act exhibited a reckless disregard for the safety of others known as this.
What is willful conduct?
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In the case John Doe v. Hillsboro School District, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 94-50709, 1996, the father of a student raped by the janitor sued the school. They argued this principle that employers are required to acquire background information for prospective employees otherwise they are liable in situations where the employee may be violent or untrustworthy.
What is negligent hiring?
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The case Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist., 131 Cal. Rptr. 854 (App. 1976) set a precedent for this educational liability, concluding that in most cases there are no clear standards for negligence and plaintiffs are not able to determine proximate cause.
What is educational malpractice?
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In the case Scott v. Greenville, a housing authority was sued after a young boy was badly burned by water tanks the authority knew malfunctioned. The case concluded that the authority was guilty because they failed to provide reasonable care and the injury causing situation was foreseeable, a term known as this.
What is proximate cause?
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The winner of a lawsuit, who is entitled to rewards for any damages and case related costs.
What is the prevailing party?
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Teachers that report child abuse are safe under this rule that allows the report if their actions were "without malice".
What is the good faith standard?
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In the case Spears v. Jefferson Parish Sch. Bd., 646 So.2d 1104 (a. App. 5th Div. 1994), a physical education teacher was found liable after joking with a student that he hanged the student's friends. The plaintiff proved that the student suffered from psychological problems because of this and one their case for this principle.
What is mental anguish and suffering?
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The case Board of Regents v. Roth 408 U.S. 564, 92 S. Ct. 2701, 33 L. Ed. 2d 548, 1972 U.S. established part of the due process teachers are entitled to when being dismissed. This idea makes it so districts can be held liable when dismissing employees on false statements of their character.
What is impairment of reputation?
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The case Baird v. Rose, 192 F.3d 462 (4th Cir. 1999) set a precedent that teachers are liable when discriminating against students with disabilities. The plaintiff won the case when able to prove the teacher maliciously embarrassed her in front of her classmates, also making this term a liable offense.
What is personal humiliation?
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Precedent that prevents a government agency, such as a school, from being sued without its consent.
What is sovereign immunity?
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