Areas of Expertise
While school negligence and liability issues are common, they are also highly preventable. School Liability Expert Group has the experience to assist in school liability and education litigation. Still, we can also review your matter involving school, daycare, university, or other similar agency liability and provide recommendations to improve your program’s overall quality and compliance. Our areas of expertise generally include school and agency personnel matters, accidents and child injury, sexual abuse and harassment, special education programs, and school evaluation in custody matters.
Every team member has diversified experience in the field. Having done a little of everything, we can tackle school negligence and liability issues in several niche categories.
When it comes to child and student supervision, a professional standard of care must be met to avoid costly litigation. School Liability Expert Group can review school and agency supervision systems and evaluate program quality and compliance. We can then make recommendations to minimize the risk of litigation and provide education expert witness school services in the case of active litigation. We also offer training on topics such as responding to negative child behaviors or the
School Liability Expert Group provides court-qualified education expert witness services and consultation. Our education administration and supervision specialists apply their expertise to review cases to determine the professional standard of care in schools, colleges, daycare centers, and any agency tasked with caring for children in their custody.
Compliant school management requires a thorough understanding of laws relating to sexual harassment, student supervision, special education, student rights, public and private school employment, and more. Enlist the help of education expert witness services from the School Liability Expert Group to conduct a review of your educational program. We will provide recommendations and offer solutions to any discovered issues in order to prevent litigation and ensure a smooth operation.
All schools and universities have a duty to keep students reasonably safe during school, on school transportation, or while residing on campus. School Liability Expert Group understands what that duty and standard of care entails and can provide education expert witness school services for these types of cases. Moreover, we can advise on established and foreseeable risks of harm to students. These safety and security standards stem from federal and state laws and research-based best practices. Whether you need assistance instituting prevention standards or help with litigation related to personal injury, our team of school liability expert witnesses can provide the necessary guidance
All schools and universities have a duty to keep students reasonably safe during school, on school transportation, or while residing on campus. School Liability Expert Group understands what that duty and standard of care entails and can provide education expert witness school services for these types of cases. Moreover, we can advise on established and foreseeable risks of harm to students. These safety and security standards stem from federal and state laws and research-based best practices. Whether you need assistance instituting prevention standards or help with litigation related to personal injury, our team of school liability expert witnesses can provide the necessary guidance
Schools and other child-oriented agencies ought to provide proper accommodations, special education services, and other provisions for children with disabilities as well as protect them from discrimination and hostile environments in accordance with various laws. School Liability Expert Group is well-versed in all relevant disability laws and ready to support you in developing tailored and adequate 504 plans, behavioral plans, IEP plans, and other disability programs, specialized staff training on upholding disability programs and laws, and program and child disability rights violations cases.
Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual discrimination are pressing civil rights issues that should be met with strong institutional policies for identifying, preventing, and reporting them as well as a prompt and reasonable disciplinary and corrective response. During litigation, School Liability Expert Group can testify whether the conduct in question constitutes sexual discrimination and whether the school acted appropriately in handling the matter. Our education experts can act as Title IX coordinators, helping staff and students remain compliant with sexual non-discrimination laws.
Negligent child supervision is a prevalent issue in schools and child-oriented agencies, exposing students to injuries, abuse, and more and exposing schools to costly litigation. School Liability Expert Group consults with schools on the institution-specific professional standard of care that includes adequate policies, maintenance of premises and equipment, emergency response protocols, proper staff training and supervision, and more. During negligent supervision litigation, we can evaluate the scope of school responsibility in a specific scenario, foreseeability of danger, etc., and determine if the school breached the standards and therefore should be held liable.
When a school negligently hires, supervises, or retains a school employee, it can result in student harm. However, employees can also be subjected to discriminatory or wrongful hiring, termination, and more. School Liability Expert Group boasts unparalleled expertise in all education administration and supervision laws, enough to be able to offer expert testimonies in employee or student rights violation cases. Institutions can engage our education experts for background checks, training, and supervision of their teachers, volunteers, bus drivers, and other employees to minimize the risk of costly lawsuits.
Non-existent or inadequate special education programs can deprive children with disabilities of access to free and equal education that they are entitled to by law. Work with School Liability Expert Group in child evaluation and qualification for special education services, development of robust IEP plans, due process hearings involving inadequate IEP provisions, and discrimination or other special education rights violations lawsuits. We offer comprehensive reviews of school special education and child custody matters to help schools improve their programs or help parents determine child-school fit.
Protecting the rights of children with disabilities is a delicate matter that necessitates a higher standard of care. School Liability Expert Group has an unparalleled understanding of all disability laws and therefore can help in cases involving discrimination, abuse, program inadequacies, and other disability rights violations in schools, residential facilities, and other agencies. We can assist in streamlining your institution’s programs to meet the unique special education and accommodation needs of children with disabilities to avoid litigation. You can also count on us for specialized staff training on safety, supervision, and compliance with relevant disability laws.
Navigating liability issues in colleges and universities can be complex due to the age and large number of students as well as the interplay of on-campus and off-campus activities. School Liability Expert Group can evaluate your institution’s policies, policy dissemination and enforcement practices, and complaint investigation, response, and adjudication procedures. We can also offer staff and student training on these matters and compliance with Title IX, the Clery Act, and other laws, make recommendations to tighten campus security and safety, and help in litigation involving students’ rights violations.
Education Expert Witness Services
School Liability Expert Group provides expert witness services for a diverse range of cases and liability issues. When it comes to education litigation, often it is necessary to hire an expert witness to speak on the matter at hand. For example, in the case of bullying, the plaintiff must prove that the alleged actions were indeed bullying rather than just student conflict, that the school had a duty to prevent the bullying in the first place, and that the school failed in that duty. One of our experts could examine the school negligence and liability issues concerning the alleged bullying for the plaintiff or the defense attorney during the school liability litigation. An expert witness for the plaintiff or defendant would call upon our expertise in bullying as opposed to student conflict, as well as explain the professional standard of care in school environments that suggests a duty to prevent bullying.
If no bullying occurred or the school did everything possible to stop it, one of our expert witnesses could still assist in the education litigation. Generally, there are no school negligence and liability issues when the problem is merely a conflict among students, such as an argument regarding one’s favorite football player. Conflict does not create a hostile school environment for the alleged victim although it still may require proper action and interventions by the school or agency to ensure that conflict does not turn into bullying or other forms of unlawful harassment. Repeated instances of demeaning behavior– especially when the actions target a member of a protected class, such as gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, or religion– do foster a hostile learning environment and can result in discrimination. During school liability litigation, an education expert witness could speak to whether the alleged actions rose to the level of school bullying or otherwise harassing or discriminatory conduct. Additionally, one of our witnesses could attest to whether or not the school met the professional standard of care before the school negligence and liability issues that are up for debate in education litigation.
Education Management Consulting Services
School Liability Expert Group can advise schools, other educational institutions, child supervision agencies, plaintiff and defense attorneys, and parents on many education-related matters. We provide highly individualized, reliable, and prompt service with every consultation and service in the entire United States. Our experts are constantly gaining more experience– as a firm, we provide in-house training and send our team to outside conferences for additional training to prepare for school liability litigation and education consulting. Moreover, being a more prominent firm also allows us to assist in larger cases of school negligence and liability issues that require review and analysis of large volumes of documents and reports to be completed quickly. Our outputs speak to how thorough we are; we welcome you to explore our testimonials to see the great things our past clients have to say about us, from education litigation to school management consulting.
Our consulting services are not limited to attorneys and educational institutions. We work directly with parents, in many instances, examining their child’s student records at their request to assess their potential school placement. We can also review program quality for your child’s school or school they are considering attending in the future. This includes checking for any past or present school negligence and liability issues. Additionally, if your child may require certain special education programs, we can assess the options and determine if they are up to the professional standard of care. Or, if you believe your child to be the victim of bullying, sexual harassment, school injury, or anything else a school could be held liable for, we can analyze the situation and provide recommendations on how to proceed. We can discuss the potential solutions, from meeting with the school administration to initiating school liability litigation.
Our Specialties
At School Liability Expert Group, we pride ourselves on a vast array of experience across various school, university, religious and other child and youth oriented agency settings that face school negligence and liability issues. Our expertise includes child custody and school review, child/student supervision, child abuse, sexual abuse, harassment and bullying, sexual harassment, personal injury, school management, school transportation injury, special education, student rights, Title IX, and wrongful death. Within these categories, we can assist with education litigation by providing expert reports and testimony or simply stepping in as an expert consultant. Furthermore, we can offer consultation services for parents, schools, and other organizations.
The best solution to costly school liability litigation is avoiding it in the first place, and our expert team can make recommendations based on our experience to ensure your organization meets the professional standard of care on school negligence and liability issues. Conducting thorough, repeated training for your school staff is essential to maintaining compliance. School Liability Expert Group can provide training and presentations on school accidents, sexual harassment, bullying, student violence, student supervision and safety, special education, school administration and management, student rights, and preventing student injury.
Contact Us Today
If you need expert assistance on an education-related matter, book a call with the School Liability Expert Group. During your free consultation, we will be able to discuss your situation and assess how we can best help you with school negligence and liability issues.