Eight Mississippi educators have surrendered their licenses after being notified that they had violated a state standard against sexual misconduct with students. A ninth educator’s license has been revoked, and 11 more cases are pending, Cindy Coon, director of licensure …
Members of a south Mississippi high school baseball team participated in a hazing ritual that left one teenager hospitalized after being held from behind and punched in the chest, according to a lawsuit filed by the player’s parents. The lawsuit …
A federal jury last Friday ruled for a former student at Sewanee: The University of The South but decided the college won’t have to pay him millions of dollars sought in a lawsuit over a campus rape accusation. The jury …
A former employee of the University of South Alabama football program has accused the school in a federal lawsuit of firing him on trumped-up sexual harassment violations. The suit by Barrett Parker names the university and strength coach Justin Schwind. …
An Indiana school district violated the First Amendment rights of two teenage girls who were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation, a federal judge ruled. The case involving Churubusco High School and Smith-Green Community …
A lawsuit filed against the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia by a former student who was raped on campus has been settled. Assistant Attorney General John Gilbody told the state Division of Risk and Insurance Management in a …
The family of a Trumbull High School student is suing the town and the Board of Education after being struck in the head by a tennis ball in gym class. Krisen Sileio’s lawyer told the Connecticut Post the teen suffered …
A University of Georgia student who was injured at a fraternity’s “foam party” has filed a lawsuit seeking medical expenses. Leah Carole Mock said in the lawsuit filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court that a tooth was broken and three …
The parents of a 13-year-old Tampa girl who hanged herself after enduring classmates’ taunts over a revealing photo texted to a boy have sued the school district. The parents of Hope Witsell filed a federal lawsuit this week, accusing the …
Relatives of two teachers shot and killed during a faculty meeting last year at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have filed lawsuits claiming school administrators’ failure to follow safety rules contributed to the mass slaying. The lawsuits, filed in …
