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What Does a Car Accident Lawyer Do?

Discover how a car accident lawyer can guide you through legal processes, negotiate with insurance companies, and secure fair compensation.

Parental Consequences for Chronically Truant Schoolchildren

Studies[1]highlight the issue of chronic truancy in recent years: as one journalist quipped, “In order for young people to do better in school, it helps if they actually are in school.”[2]School districts are particularly divergent in how to reduce truancy rates. Some have elected to give away gift cards (Dallas, Cincinatti), iPads (DeSoto, Texas), major league baseball tickets (Kansas City, Houston), and even cars (Dallas-Fort Worth area).[3]Other school districts, however, seek to hit parents and students where it really hurts: their wallets and through court involvement.

Is Warrantless Drug Testing in Our Schools Constitutional?

Is Warrantless Drug Testing in Our Schools Constitutional?

Suspension Rates of Minority Students in Connecticut Schools Remains Stagnant

Suspension Rates of Minority Students in Connecticut Schools Remains Stagnant

Dismissal Process for Nontenured Teachers

Dismissal Process for Nontenured Teachers

Student Injured at School Awarded $40K

On March 19, 2013, the plaintiff (a student) arrived at the Engineering Science University Magnet School and headed to the auditorium to have his breakfast as he did every morning, according to court documents. There was one teacher on duty, who was charged with watching over 70 to 75 students before they headed off to class. But 10 minutes before school was to start, another teacher was chasing after two students. She was running with a pair of safety scissors in her hand, which she dropped in the chaos.

School and Town Claim Immunity After Ice-Related Injury

In the case of Caruso v. Town of Westport, a husband and wife sued the Town of Westport and its school board for injuries resulting from negligence, as well as a loss of consortium. In law, negligence is the failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another. In order to succeed in this claim, the husband and wife must prove that (1) the town and school owed a duty of care to the husband and wife, (2) the town and school breached that duty, and(3) the breach of duty was a direct cause of the husband and wife’s (4) real and compensable injury.

Teacher Terminated After Locking Student in Small Room

In the case of Sperow v. Region 7 Board of Education, a teacher appealed the board of education’s decision to terminate her employment.

Athletic Director’s Claim for Wrongful Discharge Undermined by At-Will Employment

In the case of Buscetto v. St. Bernard School of Montville, Inc., an athletic director sued a private school for wrongful termination. For the athletic director to succeed in a wrongful discharge claim, he must show the court that his termination violated an explicit statutory or constitutional provision or public policy. The school moved to strike the athletic director’s claim, arguing that the claim was legally insufficient.

Student Hairstyle Prevails Over School Board

In the case of Yoo v. Moynihan, a student sued the chairman of the board of education and the student’s high school principal for an injunction forbidding them from denying him the right to a public high school education. In law, an injunction is a court order that keeps a person or organization from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the rights of another. An injunction can also be used to compel a party to carry out a specific action. In the case at hand, the student brought action in hopes that the injunction would prevent the school board and principal from following through with their decision to suspend him.

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