Category: School Injuries

Spring break has a decades-old tradition in America as a time when college students take a breather from their studies, travel to distant, warm resort communities, party and find romance. Hollywood popularized spring break with movies such as “Where the Boys Are,” released in 1960 and set in Fort Lauderdale,

In a sad turn of events, we hear more often than not of shootings taking place in and around schools all over the country. Long gone are the days where we worry about our child falling off a piece of playground equipment; now we worry that the injury that day

Arizona State University is considered one of the schools with the most active sorority and fraternity lifestyles. Arizona State is not alone. As with this university and many others in New York and the east coast, new students from all over pledge to be a part of these organizations and

A recent news report indicated that since the year 2009 a total of 39 high school football players have died during practice or during games. These football-related deaths come in the forms of head-on collisions, heat exhaustion, impact play and unsafe conditions. When your child wants to play high school

Unfortunately, we see sad headlines time and time again: teen abuse and suicide related to bullying and cyber bullying. We know that bullying comes in all forms, from verbal abuse to mild physical assault, muggings, brutal beatings, and outings on Facebook and other social media platforms. Bullying can cause severe

As recently pointed out by former Queens County Supreme Court Justice Leonard L. Finz in his article titled: The Duty of a School to a Student Injured in a School Activity (10/12/12), there are several factors that must be proven in order for a student to succeed in holding a

With millions of students in public schools, accidents and injuries are a statistical reality. The legal questions that emerge in those cases where a student injured are: What is the duty the school owes to the student and what liability attaches to the school? The body of law that determines

Plaintiff, a high school student, was allegedly injured during a softball game when she slid into second base. The cause of the injury was the improperly positioned base that had a pointed side, rather than a flush side facing first base. As plaintiff slid into second base, her left foot