Negligence What Principals Need to Know About

Reasonable and prudent principals must know the law of negligence and apply its theory to the crush of activities and expectations of leading a modern school. In most schools, the in-house legal expert is the principal. This book assists, through case studies, legal analysis, and practical applications, principals to be the legal leader of their school.

Preface : on being a principal
Introduction	p. 3
Research on liability and the principal	p. 7
Case studies	p. 17
Tort liability	p. 23
Defenses to a finding of negligence : when an accident happens - what next?	p. 47
Hazing : more than an innocent injury	p. 57
Negligent hiring : did we hire the wrong person?	p. 61
Education malpractice	p. 67
Sexual abuse of students : case studies on liability	p. 79
Vicarious liability for harm caused by school employees	p. 89
Do not resuscitate orders : the psychological impact of a do not resuscitate order	p. 97
Safety plan, communication, and the press	p. 105
The proactive, prudent principal	p. 109
Case studies revisited	p. 119
Handbook policy on supervision	p. 125
Tort liability handout	p. 129
Liability and the science lab	p. 131
Tort scenarios	p. 135
Discussion of tort scenarios	p. 137
Local legal issue : their cup runneth over	p. 139
Selected cases for discussion	p. 151
Tort liability test	p. 157
Court case : the toothpick and the ear	p. 161
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Negligence What Principals Need to Know About Avoiding Liability

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