Court Dismissed Constitutional Claims Against Teacher for Grabbing Student’s Arm During a Discipline Incident

by Jennifer Childress | Nov 4, 2020 | Legal Developments

The student’s lawsuit alleged injuries sustained after a band teacher grabbed his arm while attempting to discipline the student.  The trial court dismissed federal constitutional claims brought under the Fourteenth and Fourth Amendments. Fourteenth Amendment due...

Appeals Court Considers Suit Over Students’ Religiously Motivated Hairstyles

by Jennifer Childress | Oct 28, 2020 | Legal Developments

  Brothers, C.G. and D.G., were students in Mathis Independent School District (“MISD”) and are Roman Catholics of Hispanic descent. When C.G. was an infant, the family learned that C.G. had contracted bacterial meningitis, a potentially life-threatening...

Trial Court Holds Suit By Muslim Student Who Brought Homemade Clock To School Failed To State Viable Claims; Court Allows Opportunity To Restate Claims

by Jennifer Childress | May 23, 2017 | Students

A Dallas federal court on May 18, 2017, held that the student who was suspended for bringing a suspicious clock to school failed to state viable claims against the Irving Independent School District, Principal Daniel Cummings, and the City of Irving.   The case, A.M....

Trial Court Allows Case To Proceed Against Bus Monitor For Alleged Assault; Dismisses Claims Against The School District

by Jennifer Childress | May 16, 2017 | Liability

San Juana Guerrero Saldana filed suit against Angleton ISD and school bus driver Rachel Hernandez on behalf of her child, whom she described as “an autistic child who is not vocal and is therefore significantly disabled and [who] attends a special care facility in...