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What is reasonable care?
Helps determines if a person has been negligent or not when exercising caution and concern under certain circumstances.
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What is it called when a party is held responsible?
Liable
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What is it when you embarrass yourself in front of your colleagues or students?
Personal Humiliation
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What is the law no government can be sued without permission granted? Zimmer-Rubert v. Board of Education of Baltimore County, 409 Md. 200 (2009)
Government Immunity
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Under ______ teachers have a duty to supervise students under their control.
Common Law
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What is the concept relating to watchfulness and caution? Hint: Eisel v. Bd. of Educ. of Montgomery County, 597 A.2d 237 (III. App. 1991)
Duty of Care
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What case determined if parents are liable when teachers are injured by students?
Nieuwendrop v. American Family Insurance, 529 N.W. 2d 594 (Wis. 1995)
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What is an example of impairment of reputation that a teacher might face?
When a lie is told about them that could harm their career.
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What is the winner called in a lawsuit?
Prevailing Party
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What is it called in regards to someone that has been injured and is being paid?
Overcompensation
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What is the primary cause of an injury?
Proximate Cause
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What case determined schools cannot be held liable for education malpractice?
Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist., 131 Cal. Rptr. 854 (App. 1976)
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What is a feeling of distress that students may feel when a teacher is teaching something they can't comprehend? Hint: Humerous
Mental Anguish
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What is an example of willful misconduct?
A student or teacher has done something that is against a school policy.
300
What is the law also known as ______ that protects students constitutional rights in school? Hint: Carey v. Piphus, 435 U.S 247 (1978)
Section 1983
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What is negligence committed in a school setting?
Educational Malpractice
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What is the case that helped determine if school officials can be held liable for the abuse of students Hint: town in Minnesota
DEshaney v. Winnabago county Dept. of Social Services, 489 U.S 189 (1989)
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What is a quality that teachers should possess? Hint: Honesty
Good Faith
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What is it when an employer hires someone without looking into there record properly?
Negligent Hiring
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Case of Casrey v. Piphus, 435 U.S 247(1978) and Perez v. Rodriguez Boy, 575 F.2d 21 (1st Cir. 1978) What Legal right were these two cases not given?
Due Prosses
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What is it called when two teachers fail to properly address a students wrong doing. Is it Comparative Negligence or Contributory Negligence?
Comparative Negligence
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What is the case that helped determine if school officials will be held liable for the wrong doing of students and teachers?
Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, 128 S. Ct 2903 (2008)
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What case determined that teachers are not liable to supervise their students at all times?
Walker v. State of Maryland, 2013 Md. Lexis 2012 (2013)
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What is sovereign immunity?
Prevents a person for being sued without there knowledge.
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What is the difference between compensatory damages and nominal damages?
Compensatory- the sum of money awarded in the civil action case. Nominal- the minimal amount of money awarded when no substantial injury has occurred