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- 2. A word or act which causes another to lose self-respect.
- 3. A high school graduate sued his school district. He did this because he proclaimed it was the schools fault he only read at a fifth grade level, and that they didn't provide him with enough adequate instruction in learning basic skills. The court ruled in favor of the school because there were no clear standards to determine whether or no the school was being negligent. (Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School District (1976))
- 5. A school hires a principal without knowing he had sexually assaulted an enrolling student in the past. (Medlin v. Bass (1990))
- 8. A historically aggressive student, who, in the past targeted a female she didn't like, eventually hurt the girl by pulling out her chair out from underneath her. The parents of the victim sue because they believe the school is what? (Wilson v. Vestal Central School District (2006))
- 11. A student sued his school district, officials, and his bus driver because he was beaten by other students while on the bus. The school district was not found to be liable. What made this possible? (Lopez v. Houston Independent School District (1987))
- 18. Jodeen was working on her senior project in her shop II class when she attempted to remove a piece of wood from an operating machine; which was the opposite of what she was supposed to do. Because of this, she had two of her fingers cut off, which resulted in her decision to sue the teacher for negligence. But, since she was properly instructed on how to use the machine before hand, the court ruled in favor of the teacher. (Miles v. School District No. 138 of Cheyenne County (1979))
- 19. An event sufficiently related to a legally recognizable injury to be held to be the cause of that injury
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- 1. In Louisiana, a PE teacher was found to be liable for a kindergarten student's emotional injuries after the teacher pretended that he killed two of the boys friends. The student eventually developed psychological problems, which the school district was required to pay. (Spears v. Jefferson Parish School Board (1994))
- 4. The winner in the law-suit
- 6. A small symbolic reward, where the plaintiff has been wronged but has not been able to show actual damages.
- 7. A nine-year-old jumps off a merry-go-round while it's still spinning. As a result, the little girl broke her leg, which allowed her parents to sue. Since the girl was of just as much fault as the school, the court ruled the family would only receive half of the money for damages (Rollins v. Concordia Parish School Board (1985))
- 9. Acts that are intentional and directed toward achieving a specific result.
- 10. Damages that relate to the actual loss suffered by the plaintiff.
- 12. When something happens that will effect how the people around you, think of you.
- 13. A state court in Tennessee held that a school board was immune from liability because the schools principal left a door unlocked, which allowed for an intruder to enter the school and assault a teacher. What did the principal use that made it his fault? (Doe v. Board of Education of Memphis (1990))
- 14. If your daughters friend's and school councilor were aware of her suicidal tendencies without telling you, and kills herself, what makes the school responsible? The school was responsible because it was the councilors duty to notify the parents about what was happening.(Eisel v. Board of Education (1991))
- 15. Money that is awarded to someone by a court that is over and above the damages that are actually sustained.
- 16. Honest intent to act without taking an unfair advantage over another person or to fulfill a promise to act, even when some legal technicality is not fulfilled.
- 17. A teacher fails to implement this while protecting students from injury. The teacher is considered to be negligent because she was not around the scene at the time of the incident. Since the teacher wasn't there to stop the boys from throwing rocks, it become the school's fault.(Sheehan v. St. Peter's Catholic School (1971))