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Students Bodily Injury

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Accused Of Hazing? Now What?

Penn State. LSU. Texas State. Wheaton. Clemson. University of Nevada. California State. West Virginia. Baruch. University at Albany. Michigan State University....more

Stark & Stark

School Bus Crash in Burlington County Injures Fourteen Students

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Every parent’s worst nightmare came true this past Tuesday in Medford Township in Burlington County, New Jersey when a school bus dropping students off after school collided with a utility truck....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Fair or Foul? NYS Court of Appeals Says Case of Injured High School Baseball Player Must Go to Trial

Earlier this year, the New York Court of Appeals provided new guidance on the often-litigated assumption of the risk doctrine. That doctrine provides that a plaintiff cannot recover under tort for the actions of a negligent...more

Maron Marvel

Ongoing Trends in Fraternity and Sorority Lawsuits

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On November 1, 2012, a pledge of the Northern Illinois University chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity tragically died due to alcohol poisoning. Six years later, attorneys on behalf of the deceased’s family were able to...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland Teachers Not Negligent for Student Misbehavior

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals held on September 7, 2021 that Maryland public school teachers cannot be held liable in negligence for the injuries of students under their supervision at the hands of other misbehaving...more

Saul Ewing LLP

State of Florida Poised to Strengthen and Broaden Antihazing Legislation

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“Andrew’s Law,” which strengthens and broadens Florida’s antihazing statute (Fla. Stat. § 1006.63), is likely to become law after recently passing both chambers of Florida’s legislature without opposition....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What are the costs of traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

The public often expresses outrage at high-dollar verdicts when they reach the six- and seven-figure level. This is understandable in court cases, since only the jury hears all the evidence in a given case and the public is...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Student Injury Case: Did the Governmental Immunity Defense Just Get Weaker?

Predictable horseplay and a metal locker with an exposed, jagged and rusty edge may be enough evidence for a jury to conclude that school officials had a “clear and unequivocal duty to act immediately to prevent harm” to...more

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