In a cause of action for the injury to a child during school or a school related activity, school boards are liable for tort actions arising out of any incident or occurrence involving a school bus or other motor vehicle owned, maintained, operated, or used by the district school board to transport students. However, the total liability to students being transported for all claims or judgments arising out of the same incident or occurrence may not exceed an amount to equal to $5,000 multiplied by the rated seating capacity of the school bus or other vehicle, as determined by rules of the State Board of Education, or $100,000, whichever is greater. Therefore, if a public school entity provides transportation for its students, it owes a duty of care with regard to that transportation.

School officials and teachers must carry out their duty to supervise by using the degree of care that a person of ordinary reasonable care, charged with the duties involved, would exercise under the same circumstances. The West Palm Beach Child Injury law firm of Sharmin and Sharmin P.A. will advise a plaintiff that a school board's control over a student extends from when a school bus picks up the student at a bus stop, to when the student is left at the school door. Thus, if a student is injured before reaching a designated school bus stop, or after leaving one, that student is outside the school board's duty of care because the board's duty stems from the fact of its physical custody of its students.

If your child has been injured due a breach of the school's duty to supervise the students, you need the knowledgeable and experienced Florida Child Injury Law firm of Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. The West Palm Beach Child Injury law firm of Sharmin and Sharmin P.A. will work tirelessly to recover all compensation and damages your child and family deserves for an injury due to the school's failure to supervise. Call Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. at 1-800-74-TRIAL.