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In which case did the Montana Supreme Court recognize a claim for educational malpractice?
a) Demunda v. Niagra Wheatfield Bd. of Educ. (1995) for a student who was raped on school property
b) B.M. v. Stateof Montana (1982) for negligently placing a child in a special education class.
c) Both.
d) Neither

Which course case found not only the teachers but the school adminstrators liable under section 1983 for harm done to students?
a) Lopez v. Houston Independent Sch. Dist. (1987)for the prevention of violence on school busses to be minimal.
b) Wood v. strickland (1975) for unlawfully suspending with out due process.
c) Fores v. Morgan Hill Unified Sch. Dist. (2003) for ignoring hostility towards homosexual students
d)

What case was the school board found negligent when they hired a teacher who ended up sexually abusing a student?
a) Sch. Bd. of Orange County v Coffey (1988)
b) Santiago v. Cooper (2004)
c) Swager v Warrior Run School Dist. (2012)
d) none of the above

What word fits this definition: The governments freedom from being sued for moneky damages without its consent.
a) Sovereign Immunitiy
b) personal humiliation
c) reasonable care
d) none of the above

Under section 1983, why did the judge side with the student in P.B. v. koch (1996)
a) He claimed that no reasonable principal would phisically harm a child in that way.
b) Because the judge thought the student was a good guy.
c) The judge did not side with the student.
d) none of the above.

What standard supported Harlow v. Fitzgerald (1982) which indicated that as long as public officials did not intrude upon a clearly established law or right, then they are not liable for damages. As long as those rights were reasonably known.
a) Good Faith Standard
b) Prevailing Party
c) willful conduct
d)

what part did Proximate Cause play in Kaufman v. Cit of New York (1961)
a) It played no part what so ever.
b) It indicated that a lack of supervision was not the cause of the accident.
c) It proved that basket ball is a rediculous and dangerous sport to play and should be outlawed.
d)

In Rollins v. Concordia Parish Sch. Bd. (1985), was the ruling of equal parts negligence supported by Contributory Negligence or Comparative Negligence?
a) Conributory Negligence
b) Comparative Negligence
c) Both.
d) Neither

What is the definition of Governmental Immunity according to the text?
a) This theory indicates that the state can not be sued due to the negligence of thier employees.
b) a relationship between persons in wich one person acts for another in a position of trust.
c) A civil wrong , for which damages may be sought ina court of law.
d) The government has immunity when ever they want it.

In Sheehan v. St. Peter's Catholic Sch. (1971), What was the judges reaction to the teachers reasonable care, or lack there of?
a) That the teacher was negligent in her duties to supervise the children on the playground.
b) The Judge sided with the defendant, St. Peters Catholic school.
c) That the guilty party was in fact the young boys who threw the rock.
d) That no one was at fault

In which case was the defendant not held liable due to the judges ruling that schools do not need to supervise thier grounds 24/7?
a) Pearson Education, Inc. v. Ishayev (2013)
b) Bartell v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Sch. Dist. (1978)
c) Wieman v. Updegraff (1952)
d) Wardell v. Bd. of Educ. of the City Sch Dist. of Cincinnati (1976)

What type of awarded damages are most common?
a) punitive
b) nominal
c) compensatory
d) all three happen equally.

In Eisel v. Bd. Of Educ. Of Montgomery County (1991), what concept was applied to the judge’s ruling of failing to attempt the prevention of a student’s suicide?
a) Duty of Care
b) Good Faith Standard
c) Immunity
d) Negligence

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