Negligence
Subtitle: what principals need to know about avoiding liability
By: Todd A. DeMitchell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781578865000
Subjects: School principals -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Educational law and legislation -- United States; Liability for school accidents -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: On being a principal; title: Introduction and research; title: Introduction; title: Research on liability and the principal; title: Case studies; title: Tort liability and its defenses; title: Tort liability; title: Defenses to a finding of negligence : when an accident happens-what next? / / Christian Keiner; title: Applications of tort liability; title: Hazing: more than an innocent injury; title: Negligent hiring: did we hire the wrong person?; title: Educational malpractice / Terri A. DeMitchell; title: Sexual abuse of students: case studies on liability; title: Vicarious liability for harm caused by school employees; title: Do not resuscitate orders : the psychological impact of a do not resuscitate order; title: Safety plan, communication, and the press; title: The proactive, prudent principal; title: Appendix A: Case studies; title: Appendix B: Handbook policy on supervision; title: Appendix C: Tort liability handout; title: Appendix D: Liability and the science lab; title: Appendix E1: Tort scenarios; title: Appendix E2: Discussion of tort scenarios; title: Appendix F: Local legal issue: their cup runneth over / Sherry Belcher; title: Appendix G: Selected cases for discussion; title: Appendix H: Tort liability test; title: Appendix I: Court case: the toothpick and the ear; title: About the authors