Student with cerebral palsy settles suit over eye injury 
Published: November 8, 2012
Tags: cerebral palsy, duty of care, Maryland, medical bills, negligence, negligent supervision, school
A Maryland teenager with cerebral palsy who lost an eye when a fellow student allegedly threw a book at her face will get $55,000 from the city of Baltimore under a settlement approved by the City Board of Estimates.
Suits pile up in ‘weird’ case of suspended Alabama lawyer
Published: June 22, 2012
Tags: lawyer discipline, legal malpractice, negligent supervision
It’s ten malpractice suits and counting against a suspended Alabama attorney and the firm that used to employ him in what one plaintiff’s lawyer said is the strangest case he’s ever encountered.
Jury awards $4.5 million to girls molested in school
Published: June 19, 2012
Tags: California, child sex abuse, elementary school, molestation, negligent supervision
A North County, Calif. jury has awarded $4.5 million to two girls who were molested by their Carlsbad elementary school teacher, and unanimously found the school district was negligent in supervising the teacher.
School may be vicariously liable for sexual abuse
Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, sexual abuse, vicarious liability
A public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually harassed and abused a student, the California Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Catholic diocese can be sued for child sex abuse
Published: March 1, 2012
Tags: ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, sexual abuse
The rule that courts should abstain from deciding ecclesiastical matters doesn’t bar a lawsuit alleging that a Catholic diocese negligently supervised a priest who sexually abused children, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Hospital patient can’t sue for negligent credentialing
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: medical malpractice, negligent credentialing, negligent supervision
A neck surgery patient could not sue a hospital for negligently credentialing her surgeon for a procedure he was allegedly not competent to perform, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Virginia military school settles student’s death case
By:
Alan Cooper
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: negligent supervision
A Virginia military academy has agreed to pay $700,000 to the family of a 17-year-old student who fell to his death out of a third-story window after he was told he had been expelled.
Teen injured at golf event can sue
Published: May 19, 2011
Tags: negligence, negligent supervision
A teenager struck in the face by a ball while serving as a volunteer at a golf outing may recover damages for negligence, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
Teen-aged rape victim awarded $12.5 million
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: May 18, 2011
Tags: ambulance, failure to protect, Michigan, negligent supervision, negligent training, rape, teenager
A Michigan jury has determined that an ambulance company was partly to blame for the rape of a 14-year-old mentally ill girl by one of the company’s attendants.
State to pay $6.4 million for attacks
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: June 30, 2010
Tags: Department of Corrections, DOC, negligent supervision, Washington
The Washington state Department of Corrections (DOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million on behalf of four women whose families say they were attacked, raped or killed by a man not properly supervised by the department.
