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School's Failure To Supervise Children

Florida Child Injury Lawyer : School's Failure To Supervise Children

In a cause of action for the injury to a child during school or a school related activity, a school board generally has no sovereign immunity defense for the negligent performance of an operational duty.  Generally, the school or school board has a statutory duty to supervise the students under their care and control.  Therefore, the school or school board has an obligation to supervise a student as long as that student is on the school premises.  Accordingly, a school breaches its duty to provide adequate supervision to its students when it provides no supervision.  Additionally, the duty to supervise students is operational and not discretionary.  Moreover, under Florida law there is an exception to the general rule of non-liability for third party misconduct, where a special relationship exists which gives rise to a duty to control the conduct of a third person so as to prevent them from harming others.  Such a special relationship exists between a school or school board and a minor student.

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.  A school official or teachers breach of that duty may expose the school to liability for any reasonably foreseeable injuries caused by the failure to use ordinary care. 

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.
 

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