The case where the appellant filed a charge of discrimination against the Board of Education of Baltimore County, but failed because of government immunity.
What is Zimmer-Rubert v. Board of Education of Baltimore County
100
A state court case recognized a claim for educational malpractice based on malpractice based on negligent placement of a special education student.
What is B.M. v. State of Montana
100
The Government's freedom from being sued for money damages without its consent.
What is Sovereign Immunity
100
Honesty; a sincere intention to deal fairly with others.
What is the good faith standard.
100
A small symbolic award where the plaintiff has been wronged but has not been able to show actual damages.
What is Nominal Damages.
200
Court case in which Section 1983 was violated.
What is Wood v. Trickland
200
Court case in which a teacher was negligent when a student was struck with a pebble in the eye.
What is Sheehan v St. Peter's Catholic School
200
The litigant who successfully brings or defends an action and as a result receives a favorable judgment or verdict.
What is Prevailing Party
200
Awarded where defendants have shown malice, fraud, or reckless disregard for an injured person's safety or constitutional rights.
What is Punitive damages.
200
A requirement that a persons act toward others and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would.
What is the duty of care.
300
The case when a student was beaten on a field trip to the Field Museum of Natural History.
What is Mancha v. Field Museum of Natural History
300
The court case Doe Ortega Piron vs. Chicago Board of Education was a case in which was appealed due to what being adequately pleaded?
What is willful conduct.
300
Where some students have brought legal actions alleging that schools should be held liable for negligent teaching that injures a student intellectually or physiologically.
What is educational malpractice.
300
If a students own negligence contributed to the injury, the law in a few states would consider the student guilty of this?
What is Contributory Negligence.
400
The case when a student jumped off the merry-go-round and broke her leg in which comparative negligence was applied to the case.
What is Rollins V. Concordia Parish School Board
400
The case where a teacher was sexually assaulted by a student in Texas but was not allowed to sue the school because she was covered under workers comp.
What is Simpson V. State
400
An act from which an injury results as a natural, direct, uninterrupted consequence and without which the injury would not have occurred.
What is proximate cause.
400
Compensate injured persons for their actual losses, including their medical expenses, lost salary, and other provable cost incurred as a result of the defendants negligence.
What is Compensatory Damages.
400
The degree of caution and concern for the safety of himself/herself and others and ordinarily prudent and rational person would use in the circumstances.
What is Reasonable Care.
500
A US Supreme Court case that held a 1919 Nebraska law restricting foreign-language education which violated the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is Meyer V. Nebraska
500
In this case a school district was not liable when a middle school student sued the school district after being beaten by other students on a school bus.
What is Lopez V. Houston Independent School District
500
Emotional disturbances such as distress, anxiety, depression, grief and/or psychosomatic physical symptoms.
What is mental anguish and suffering.
500
Employers can be liable to employees or to third persons when they are negligent in hiring or retaining employees whom they know or should have known are unfit and who put others at unreasonable risk of harm.
What is Negligent hiring.
500
Case where the school board and superintendent where found negligent due to a negligent hiring because of the retention of a teacher who sexually abused a student.