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| civil or private wrong (recoverable) |
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| assault, battery, defamation |
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| negligence - four pronged test |
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| duty of care, standard of care, action by reasonable person, proof of injury |
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| relationship between defendent's action and resulting injury |
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| teachers have protection within the scope of duties |
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| court decides liability relative to enough supervisors |
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assumption of risk
comparative negligence
contributory negligence |
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| injured party knew of possible danger; voluntarily accepted possibility of harm |
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| injury was fault of several persons |
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| injured party contributed to his/her injury |
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| supervision off campus school sponsored activities |
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| same four pronged test: duty of care, standard of care, proximate cause, injury |
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| School board members' immunity from responsibility |
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| Nominal money award for damage |
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| Educational malpractice case; complainant's position not upheld; awarded diploma but has no basic skills |
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| parents are liable for tortuous activity of their childrei |
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| Teacher on student harassment; district not liable if they had no knowledge |
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| student on student harassment; district liable when they had knowledge of the harassment |
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| Requirements of reporting child abuse |
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immediate phone call to police or social services
written report within 36 hours |
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