[geeks] Re: [rescue] RE: Small schools...

[Joshua D. Boyd]

True.  I didn't bother to take the time to draw the line between the two
suits.  I believe the effect is pretty much the same though due to the
expense of sucessfully fending off a lawsuit.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> IANAL.
> 
> A school (or other institution) can be sued not for the rape or the suicide, but for failing to adequately attempt to prevent the rape (bad security, poor lighting, etc) or for not responding to pleas for help by a student in the days and weeks before they attempt/commit suicide.
> 
> They are not guilty of the crime, they are guitly of being negligent, IMHO.
> 
> IANAL.
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua D. Boyd [mailto:jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:37 AM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [geeks] Re: [rescue] RE: Small schools...
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Likewise schools have, I beleive, been sued for rapes and suicides.
> 
> <snip>
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