As parents and guardians our child’s safety is our priority. When our children go off to school each day, we trust that the school will protect our children and act with their best interests in mind, just as we would.
Unfortunately, too often parents discover that while at school their child is being bullied. Bullying can come in many forms: taunting, teasing, name calling, cyber bullying, physical beating, and sexual touching. Any type of bullying may cause children physical, mental, and emotional harm. Sometimes this harm is so severe that children need to get medical treatment or counseling. Bullying can cause children to fall behind academically, refuse to go to school, and/or result in them threatening or succeeding in harming themselves or others.
You may be able to bring a cause of action on behalf of yourself and your child for injuries they have suffered as a result of bullying at school.
School districts are under a duty to adequately supervise the students in their care and will be held liable for foreseeable injuries directly related to the school’s inadequate supervision. While a child is in their care, a school district must act as a reasonably prudent parent would under comparable circumstances.
If your child has been bullied because of their sex, disability, religion, race, color, or national origin federal claims may also be brought in addition to a negligence cause of action.
If you have any questions about claims against school districts or educational facilities regarding bullying, please contact our office for a free consultation.