Student
Margaret Sheehan, an eighth grade student at St.Peter's Catholic School, who was injured one morning during recess. Injury occured when a teacher took Margaret and 19 other girls to an athletic field where a group of 8th boys were playing baseball, after about 5 minutes after the teacher left, some boys started throwing pebbles at the girls and one pebble hit Margaret in the eye. What was the the name of this case?
What is Sheehan v. St. Peter's Catholic Sch., 188 N.W.2d 868 (Minn. 1971)
The degree of care a teacher of ordinary prudence would have used under like circumstances.
What is reasonable care?
Two teachers organized a field trip to the city's natural history museum for about fifty students, twelve to fifteen years of age. At the museum, student were allowed to view the exhibits w/out direct supervision. Roberto Mancha was away from the teachers, he was beaten by several boys not connected with the school. The name of the case was.
What is Mancha v. Field Museum of Natural History (Ill. App. 1972)
A common law theory which holds that since the state and its agencies are soverign, they cannot be sued without their consent and should not be held liable for the negligence of their employees is known as.
What is Governmental Immunity?
A novel case involving a fourth-grade student where the teacher sustained a neck injury when he violently pulled her hair.
What is Nieuwendorp v. American Family Insurance (Wis. 1995)?
When courts have ruled that school districts and school board members could not be liable for injuries to students or teachers that were a result of errors of judgement.
What is tort immunity?
When schools use ordinary care and to protect its students from injury resulting from the conduct of other students under circumstances where such conduct would reasonably have been forseen and could have been prevented by the use of ordinary care, its also known as?
What is duty of care?
If a student's own negligence contributed to the injury it is known as.
What is Contributory Negligence?
When compensating injured persons for their actual losses including for their medical expenses, lost salary, and other provable costs incurred as a result of the defendants negligence is known as
What is Compensatory Damages?
Parents were not liable when a high school teacher was injured trying to break up a fight between their daughter Tracy and her sister, name that case.
What is Armour v. England (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)?
Individual teachers may be held liable for damages to an injured student if the student can prove four things under what law.
What is Common Law?
A Maryland case that held two high school counselors liable for failing to attempt to prevent a student's suicide.
What is Eisel v. Bd of Educ of Montgomery County (Md. 1991)
Can teachers be held liable if a student injures another student or a teacher? Give a case example?
What is yes and Wilson v. Vestal Central School District, (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dept. 2006)
The close or near cause of injury is known as.
What is Proximate Cause?
Personally held responsible for negligence is known as.
What is Liable?
School districts can be held liable under what civil rights act for violations of students and teachers constitutional rights.
What is Section 1983?
Which court case upheld the perpetuation of contributory negligence.
What is Coleman (2013) Md.
Legal actions alleging that schools should be held liable for negligent teaching that injures a student intellectually or pyschologically is known as.
What is Educational Malpractice?
A small symbolic award, where the plaintiff has been wronged but has not been able to show actual damages.
What is Nominal Damages?
A case involving two Chicago students who were suspended for twenty days without due process.
What is Carey v. Piphus (1978)?
Damages to cover the costs of psychotherapy, counseling, etc..
What is Mental Anguish and Suffering?
What is the name of the case in which a 15 year old high school student sneaked out of school accompanied by a family member who proceeded to rape her at his home during the school day.
What is Tate v. Bd. of Educ of Prince George's County (2004)?
A state court recognized a claim for educational malpractice based on negligent placement of a special education student. Name that case.
What is B.M. v. State of Montana (Mont. 1982)
Prohibits individuals from suing states under ADEA.
What is Sovereign Immunity?
A winner of a lawsuit.
What is prevailing party?