Defense Against Liable
Damages
Section 1983
Negligent Teachers
Misc.
100
Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia are the only state that still adhere to which doctrine concerning negligence?
What is Contributory Negligence
100
What are the small awards given to a plaintiff who has been wronged, but is unable to show any actual damages?
What is Nominal Damages
100
What portion of the 1871 federal Civil Rights Act concerns violations of students' and teachers' constitutional rights?
What is Section 1983
100
What is know as the ordinary amount of care a teacher will provide in any given situation?
What is Reasonable Care
100
What doctrine protects a state from a civil suit of criminal prosecution?
What is Sovereign Immunity
200
The majority of states in the union have adopted which concept concerning negligence cases?
What is Comparative Negligence
200
What is the most common damages type awarded by the courts?
What is Compensatory Damages
200
To be held responsible for committing an infraction of the law is to be held.....?
What is Liable
200
In the case of Hunter v. Bd. of Educ. of Montgomery County (1982), the parents of a student claimed the school was guilty of what injustice?
What is Educational Malpractice
200
What terms refers to a teacher intentionally acting on a certain situation?
What is Willful Conduct
300
What is the doctrine that stops people from filing suit against the government and government employees in most cases.
What is Government Immunity
300
When rewarding damages of this kind, a common award is $1. What type of damage is this?
What is nominal damages
300
What term is used to describe the common principle used between parties in a court case presuming that each party will deal with each other honestly and fairly?
What is Good Faith Standard
300
What is the law which requires all school employees to always act with reasonable care in all situations dealing with students and always attempt to prevent negative situations from occurring within reason?
What is Duty of Care
300
A teacher would be able to file a claim against a libelous or slanderous defamatory statement towards their inabilities to teach or judges their abilities to effectively instruct student under what principle?
What is Impairment of Reputation
400
In the court case of Penn Harris Madison School Corp v. Howard, 861 N.E. 2d 1190 (Ind. 2007), the mother of a high school student filed suit against the Penn Harris Madison School District. She filed suit on a claim that the school was responsible for injuries obtained by her son during the rehearsal of a school performance of Peter Pan. What was the claim the mother held the school responsible for in relation to her son's injuries?
What is Proximate Cause
400
What Supreme Court case was concerned with a student (plaintiff) who was caught smoking on school property by the school principal. The student was immediately suspended. The plaintiff filed suit claiming the suspension was carried out without due process, in violation of the Fourteen Amendment. The plaintiff sought monetary relief and punitive damages. Due to the students inability to actually prove actual injury only nominal damages were rewarded.
What is Carey v. Piphus, 435 U.S. 247 (1978)
400
In the court case of B.M.H. v. School Board of Chesapeake, 833 F. Supp. 560 (E.D. Va. 1993) came as a result of a sexual assault case on school grounds. Preceding this case, a male student had sexually threatened a female student. The school was made aware of these threats. Several days after this incident, the male student sexually assaulted the female student while on school grounds. Following the assault, what did the female student's mother filed suit against the school district for besides negligence to act following the initial threat?
What is Mental Anguish and Suffering
400
In the court case of Eisel v. Board of Education of Montgomery County, 597 A. 2d 447 (Md. 1991), several school counselors were charged with failing to attempt to stop a student's suicide. The plaintiffs filed suit claiming the counselors failed to carry out which principle?
What is Duty of Care
400
In the court case School Board of Orange County v. Coffey, 524 So.2d 1052 (Fla. App. 1988), a student's family filed suit against the school board concerning a sexual assault on the student by a teacher. What was the school board found guilty of in court?
What is Negligent Hiring
500
In this court case that took place in Baltimore County in 2009, it was found that school boards are not entitled to government immunity. What is the name of this case?
What is Zimmer-Rubert v. Board of Education of Baltimore County, 409 Md. 200 (2009)
500
In the court case of Corbett v. Duerring and the Kanawha County Board of Education, 2012 U.S. District LEXIS 70270, a West Virginia high school vice principal filed suit claiming that the school district violated his First Amendment rights by terminating him. The termination followed a controversial hot-dog cookout the vice principal had initiated near the school district’s headquarters. What kind of damages did the federal judge award to the plaintiff for the school district’s violation of his First Amendment rights?
What is Punitive Damages
500
What was the name of the court case concerning two students in Arkansas, who were expelled from school for violating the school policy of possessing alcoholic beverages. It was found the students were expelled without due process. The plaintiffs were awarded a reversal of the explosion under Section 1983 for violation of their constitutional rights.
What is Wood v. Strickland, 420 U.S. 308(1975)
500
A court case in North Pole, Alaska concerning the resignation of a teacher. After a dispute with the school board regarding the resignation, the teacher was arrested for trespassing. Following the arrest, the local newspaper released a story with a rather misleading headline. The teacher filed suit claiming libelous defamatory statement causing personal humiliation.
What is Fairbanks Publishing Co. v. Pitka, 376 P.2d 190 (Alaska 1962)
500
This court case took place in Texas in 1989. It concerned a group of teachers arguing for their right to communicate during a school day. The central issue in the lower courts of this case where to determine whether the teachers had the status of prevailing party. What was the name of this court case?
What is Texas State Teachers Association v. Garland Independent School District, 489 U.S. 782 (1989)
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