Education
Mar. 23, 2012
School districts liable for negligent hiring
State Supreme Court decision reaffirms special relationship between students and school district. By Mark Kitabayashi and Andrea Epps of Lozano Smith PC
In C.A. v. William S. Hart Union High School District 2012 DJDAR 3131 (March 8, 2012), the state Supreme Court held that public school districts may be held liable, under a theory of vicarious liability, for negligence in their hiring, retention or supervision of an employee they knew or should have known had a history of inappropriate sexual contact with minors. Further, the Court held that individual administrators and...
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